Decision-making for lung resection in patients with empyema and collapsed lung due to tuberculosis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-135

  Olgac, Guven ^a   Yilmaz, Muhammet Ali ^a   Ortakoylu, Mediha Gonenc ^a   Kutlu, Cemal Asim ^a,b  

^a Yedikule Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Department of Thoracic Surgery ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPYEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENCHYMA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATELECTASIS; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; LUNG; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 21744462246     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.08.040     Document Type: Article

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