Management of complicated postoperative air-leak - A new indication for the Asherman chest seal

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 691-694

  Rathinam, Sridhar ^a   Steyn, Richard S ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air leak; Asherman chest seal; Decortication; Empyema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECORTICATION; DEVICE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; MALE; PLEURECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX SURGERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349121389     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.161497     Document Type: Article

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