Management of Alveolar Air Leaks After Pulmonary Resection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1327-1335

  Singhal, Sunil ^a,g   Ferraris, Victor A ^b   Bridges, Charles R ^a   Clough, Ellen R ^c   Mitchell, John D ^d   Fernando, Hiran C ^e   Shrager, Joseph B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c The Society of Thoracic Surgeons   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR AIR LEAK; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG RESECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AIR; HUMANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77949561815     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.020     Document Type: Review

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