Does pleurotomy during internal mammary artery harvest increase post-operative pulmonary complications?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-146

  Wheatcroft, Mark ^a   Shrivastava, Vivek ^b   Nyawo, Brian ^b   Rostron, Anthony ^c   Dunning, Joel ^c   Illa, Madhu R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Almafraq Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular procedures; Evidence based medicine; IMA harvest; Pleura; Post operative complications; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24744471201     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2004.102673     Document Type: Article

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