Chylothorax

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-214

  Platis, Ioannis E ^a   Nwogu, Chumy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETILEFRINE; FIBRIN GLUE; NITRIC OXIDE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHYLOTHORAX; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LIGATION; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACIC DUCT; THORACOTOMY; TUBE;

CHYLOTHORAX; DRAINAGE; ETILEFRINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; PNEUMONECTOMY; SOMATOSTATIN; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; THORACIC DUCT; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 33747157255     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2006.05.011     Document Type: Review

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