Closure of left-sided bronchopleural fistula by video-assisted mediastinoscopy: Is it always possible?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1490-1491

  Venissac, Nicolas ^a   Pop, Daniel ^a   Mouroux, Jerome ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STAPLER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TUBE;

BRONCHIAL FISTULA; HUMANS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PLEURAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 33751429139     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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