Thoracic Empyema After Pneumonectomy: Intrathoracic Application of Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 603-604

  Renner, Christian ^a   Reschke, Susanne ^a   Richter, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Department of Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; NITINOL; POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMPHYSEMA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACIC CAVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PNEUMONECTOMY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; STENTS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TRACHEA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 74849131520     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.037     Document Type: Article

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