A novel procedure using a tissue expander for management of persistent alveolar fistula after lobectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2130-2132

  Sakamaki, Yasushi ^a   Kido, Tetsuo ^a   Fujiwara, Takashi ^a   Kuwae, Katsuki ^a   Maeda, Motomu ^a  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALVEOLAR FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMPYEMA; FISTULA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EMPYEMA; FISTULA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANDERS;

EID: 20444422969     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.11.022     Document Type: Article

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