Surgical management of late postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula: The transsternal, transpericardial route

Respiration

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 525-528

  Misthos, P ^a,b   Kakaris, S ^a   Sepsas, E ^a   Athanassiadi, K ^a   Skottis, I ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bronchopleural fistula; Pneumonectomy; Transpericardial repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURA; PNEUMONECTOMY; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 33745214271     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093370     Document Type: Article

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