Efficacy of BlakeR drains for mediastinal and pleural drainage following cardiac operations

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 574-577

  Sakopoulos, Andreas G ^a,b   Hurwitz, Andrew S ^b   Suda, Richard W ^b   Goodwin, John N ^b  

^a St Helena Hospital   (United States)

^b Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRAIN; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; TUBE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEART DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDIASTINUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEST TUBES; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MEDIASTINUM; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28444441620     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2005.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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