Ideal timing of thoracoscopic decortication and drainage for empyema in children

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 472-477

  Kalfa, N ^a   Allal, H ^a   Montes Tapia, F ^a   Lopez, M ^a   Forgues, D ^a   Guibal, M P ^a   Counil, F ^a   Galifer, R B ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Decortication; Empyema; Pneumopathy; Thoracoscopy; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DECORTICATION; LUNG SURGERY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942422657     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-9206-6     Document Type: Article

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