Open Window Thoracostomy for Pleural Empyema Complicating Partial Lung Resection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 869-873

  Massera, Fabio ^a   Robustellini, Mario ^a   Pona, Claudio Della ^a   Rossi, Gerolamo ^a   Rizzi, Adriano ^b   Rocco, Gaetano ^c  

^a Morelli Hospital   (Italy)

^b Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449102858     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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