Current application of thoracoscopy in children

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-135

  Tsao, Kuojen ^a   St Peter, Shawn D ^a   Sharp, Susan W ^a   Nair, Abhilash ^a   Andrews, Walter S ^a   Sharp, Ronald J ^a   Snyder, Charles L ^a   Ostlie, Daniel J ^a   Holcomb III, George W ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; DEBRIDEMENT; DECORTICATION; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CHILD; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 39149116339     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2007.0154     Document Type: Article

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