Air Leak and Pleural Space Management

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-265

  Murthy, Sudish C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DOXYCYCLINE; TALC;

BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG RESECTION; OPERATING ROOM; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY AIR LEAK; REVIEW; THORACOTOMY;

CHEST TUBES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION;

EID: 33747441882     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2006.05.008     Document Type: Review

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