Use of LeVeen pleuroperitoneal shunt for refractory high-volume chylothorax

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Gupta, Dipin ^a   Ross, Kerry ^a   Piacentino III, Valentino ^a   Stepnowski, Dawn ^a   McClurken, James B ^a   Furukawa, Satoshi ^a   Dempsey, Daniel T ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

14

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PERITONEUM VEIN SHUNT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042670107     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.12.069     Document Type: Article

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