Video-assisted thoracic surgery for fibropurulent thoracic empyema: A bridge to open thoracic surgery

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 368-372

  Yamaguchi, Masafumi ^a   Takeo, Sadanori ^a   Suemitsu, Ryuichi ^a   Matsuzawa, Hironori ^a   Okazaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibropurulent thoracic empyema; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOPLASTY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249086665     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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