Preliminary Report of a Prospective, Randomized Trial of Underwater Seal for Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Pneumothorax

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-90

  Reed, Michael F ^a   Lyons, Jefferson M ^a   Luchette, Fred A ^b   Neu, Jeffery A ^a   Howington, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Burn and Shock Trauma Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMERSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER;

EID: 33845781545     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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