Postpneumonectomy empyema treated with a combination of antibiotic irrigation followed by videothoracoscopic debridement

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 708-710

  Bagan, Patrick ^a   Boissier, Florence ^a   Berna, Pascal ^a   Badia, Alain ^a   Pimpec Barthes, Françoise Le ^a   Souilamas, Redha ^a   Riquet, Marc ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PRESSURE;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 33747758764     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

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