The utility and timing of surgical intervention for parapneumonic empyema in the era of video-assisted thoracoscopy

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 512-514

  Hope, William W ^a   Bolton, William D ^a   Stephenson, James E ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23244448617     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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