The role of surgery in chest wall tuberculosis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-103

  Kuzucu, Akin ^a   Soysal, Ömer ^a   Günen, Hakan ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chest wall; Cold abscess; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; CHEST WALL TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PLEURA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THORAX WALL TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1842686195     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00192-0     Document Type: Review

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