Intrathoracic Insertion of the VAC Device in a Case of Pleural Empyema 20 Years After Pneumonectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1762-1764

  Matzi, Veronika ^a   Lindenmann, Joerg ^a   Porubsky, Christian ^a   Neuboeck, Nicole ^a   Maier, Alfred ^a   Smolle Juettner, Freyja Maria ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC CAVITY; THORAX; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUCTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VACUUM;

EID: 35348893274     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.05.052     Document Type: Article

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