Treatment of Postpneumonectomy Empyema with Debridement Followed by Continuous Antibiotic Irrigation

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1178-1183

  Ng, Thomas ^a   Ryder, Beth A ^a   Maziak, Donna E ^b   Shamji, Farid M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINUPRISTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LUNG RESECTION; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43849087373     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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