Post-pneumonectomy empyema: Current management strategies

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 597-602

  Ng, Calvin S H ^a   Wan, Song ^a   Lee, Tak Wai ^a   Wan, Innes Y P ^a   Arifi, Ahmed A ^a   Yim, Anthony P C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Empyema; Post pneumonectomy; Stent; Tissue glue; Video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPYEMA; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC CAVITY; THORAX SURGERY;

BRONCHIAL FISTULA; EMPYEMA; HUMANS; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 22344431514     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03417.x     Document Type: Article

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