Division of the pulmonary ligament after upper lobectomy is less effective for the obliteration of dead space than leaving it intact

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 498-500

  Matsuoka, Hidehito ^a   Nakamura, Hiroshi ^b   Nishio, Wataru ^c   Sakamoto, Toshihiko ^c   Harada, Hiroaki ^c   Tsubota, Noriaki ^c  

^a Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital   (Japan)

^b Department of Surgery   (Japan)

^c HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Preservation of pulmonary ligament; Residual bronchus deformity; Upper lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DEAD SPACE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZATION; TRUNK; X RAY FILM;

BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 2942556914     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-004-2752-2     Document Type: Article

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