Alternate suction reduces prolonged air leak after pulmonary lobectomy: A randomized comparison versus water seal

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1052-1055

  Brunelli, Alessandro ^a,b   Sabbatini, Armando ^a   Xiume', Francesco ^a   Refai, Majed Al ^a   Salati, Michele ^a   Marasco, Rita ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SUCTION; TUBE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944437906     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.073     Document Type: Article

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