Plastic Bronchitis: Is Thoracic Duct Ligation a Real Surgical Option?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2281-2283

  Salman A Shah, S ^a   Drinkwater, Davis C ^a   Christian, Karla G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; HEPARIN; SALBUTAMOL; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC DUCT; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PRESSURE; THORAX SURGERY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOXYCYCLINE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; THORACIC DUCT; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 33646832365     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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