Best timing for thoracoscopic evacuation of retained post-traumatic hemothorax

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-95

  Morales Uribe, Carlos H ^a   Villegas Lanau, Maria I ^a   Petro Sánchez, Rubén D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Clotted hemothorax; Post traumatic hemothorax; Retained hemothorax; Videothoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG COLLAPSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; POSTTRAUMATIC HEMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37749002546     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9378-6     Document Type: Article

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