Favorable acute and long-term outcomes after the resection of pulmonary aspergillomas

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-111

  Okubo, Kenichi ^a,b,c   Kobayashi, M ^b   Morikawa, H ^b   Hayatsu, E ^b   Ueno, Y ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGARA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergilloma; Empyema; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; MICONAZOLE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MYCOSIS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 34547745960     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924623     Document Type: Article

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