Pleurodesis with an autologous blood patch to prevent persistent air leaks after lobectomy

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 759-762

  Andreetti, Claudio ^a   Venuta, Federico ^a   Anile, Marco ^a   De Giacomo, Tiziano ^a   Diso, Daniele ^a   Di Stasio, Mario ^a   Rendina, Erino A ^a   Coloni, Giorgio Furio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR LEAK; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STANDARD;

AGED; AIR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847034197     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.10.042     Document Type: Article

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