Balloon-assisted single-port thoracoscopic debritment in children with thoracic empyema

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 504-508

  Tander, Burak ^a   Ustun, Levent ^a   Ariturk, Ender ^a   Rizalar, Riza ^a   Ayyildiz, Suat H ^a   Bernay, Ferit ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BALLOON; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC CAVITY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRRIGATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 34548076316     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2006.0180     Document Type: Review

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