Postpneumonectomy and Postlobectomy Empyema

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-222

  Gharagozloo, Farid ^a   Margolis, Marc ^a   Facktor, Matthew ^a   Tempesta, Barbara ^a   Najam, Farzad ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN;

EMPYEMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAVAGE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MUSCLE FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLEURA CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THORACOTOMY; TUBE;

DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; PLEURAL CAVITY; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 33747185928     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2006.05.012     Document Type: Review

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