Pocket-Sized Heimlich Valve (Pneumostat) After Bullae Resection: A 5-Year Review

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 979-981

  Abdul Rahman, Mohd Ramzisham ^a   Min Joanna, Ooi Su ^a   Fikri, Abdullah Mohd ^a   Adeeb, Syed Mohd ^a   Zamrin, Dimon Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETIC PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG BULLA; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOBILIZATION; PNEUMOSTAT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLISTER; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849121942     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.065     Document Type: Article

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