Transdiaphragmatic Harvesting of the Omentum Through Thoracotomy for Bronchial Stump Reinforcement

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 212-215

  D'Andrilli, Antonio ^a   Ibrahim, Mohsen ^a   Andreetti, Claudio ^a   Ciccone, Anna Maria ^a   Venuta, Federico ^b   Rendina, Erino A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS STUMP; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; OMENTOPLASTY; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; PNEUMONECTOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649814572     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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