Comparison of water seal and suction after pulmonary lobectomy: A prospective, randomized trial

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1932-1937

  Brunelli, Alessandro ^a,b   Monteverde, Marco ^a   Borri, Alessandro ^a   Salati, Michele ^a   Marasco, Rita D ^a   Al Refai, Majed ^a   Fianchini, Aroldo ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

11

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION;

EID: 2542501409     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.12.022     Document Type: Article

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