Vacuum assisted closure in the treatment of pleural empyema - First experiences with intrathoracal application;Vakuumtherapie beim pleuraempyem - Erste erfahrungen mit der anwendung im pleuraspalt

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie, Supplement

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Ditterich, Daniel ^a   Rexer, M ^a   Rupprecht, H ^a  

^a Medizinische Klinik i   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pleural empyema; Thoracic surgery; Vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ABSCESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG VENTILATION; METASTASIS; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; THORACIC CAVITY; VACUUM;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHI; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG ABSCESS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC WALL; VACUUM;

EID: 33646265781     PISSN: 02331616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-921499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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