Routine underwater seal drains are not required after transthoracic oesophagectomy: a pilot study

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 694-698

  Vyas, Soumil ^a   Mitchell, Ian ^a   Smart, Jamie ^a   Stoker, David ^a   Woolf, Adam K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest; Oesophageal cancer; Oesophageal surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 62149112593     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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