Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for the treatment of hepatic hydrothorax: Report of twelve cases

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 547-551

  Luh, Shi Ping ^a,b   Chen, Chi Yi ^c  

^a St Martin De Porres Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatic hydrothorax; Pleurodesis; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

TALC; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEPATIC HYDROTHORAX; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650588721     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0820374     Document Type: Article

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