Delayed referral and gram-negative organisms increase the conversion thoracotomy rate in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for empyema: Commentary

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1856-

  Lackner, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DECORTICATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; NOTE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 20444392757     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.014     Document Type: Note

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