Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions Using the Pleurx Catheter

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1049-1055

  Warren, William H ^a   Kalimi, Robert ^a   Khodadadian, Lisa M ^a   Kim, Anthony W ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CATHETER; CATHETER REMOVAL; CELLULITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION; NEOPLASM; OUTPATIENT CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39149110938     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.039     Document Type: Article

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