Pleural drainage after transthoracic esophagectomy: Experience with a vacuum system

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-86

  Law, Simon ^a   Boey, Jir Ping ^a   Kwok, Ka Fai ^a   Wong, Kam Ho ^a   Chu, Kent Man ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Complication; Esophagectomy; Morbidity; Mortality; Pleural drainage

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CHYLOTHORAX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; VACUUM; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042677632     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2004.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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