A prospective study of the association between drainage volume within 24 hours after thoracoscopic lobectomy and postoperative morbidity

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1394-1399

  Nakanishi, Ryoichi ^a   Fujino, Yoshihisa ^b   Yamashita, Toshihiro ^a   Oka, Soichi ^a  

^a Shin Kokura Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; TUBE REMOVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST TUBES; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL CAVITY; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 67349223502     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.10.035     Document Type: Article

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