Current concepts in surgical management of pediatric lung and chest wall diseases

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 282-286

  Rothenberg, Steven S ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Lobectomy; Lung biopsy; Pectus carinatum; Pectus excavatum; Pneumothorax; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPYEMA; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG RESECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY; CHILD; EMPYEMA; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 33744831193     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000193304.48012.38     Document Type: Review

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