Bronchial Stump Dehiscence: Update on Prevention and Management

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 366-373

  Liberman, Moishe ^a   Cassivi, Stephen D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

bronchial dehiscence; bronchopleural fistula; muscle flap; postpneumonectomy empyema

Indexed keywords

4 DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; AZATHIOPRINE; GELFOAM; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; POLYMYXIN B; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIAL STUMP DEHISCENCE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG RESECTION; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE FLAP; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VENTILATED PATIENT; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

BRONCHIAL FISTULA; EMPYEMA; FISTULA; HUMANS; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41549139983     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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