The benefits of digital air leak assessment after pulmonary resection: Prospective and comparative study;Beneficios del uso de dispositivos digitales para medir la fuga aérea después de una resección pulmonar: Estudio prospectivo y comparativo

Cirugia Espanola

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 385-389

  Mier, José M ^a   Molins, Laureano ^a   Fibla, Juan J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SAGRAT COR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lung resection; Persistent air leak; Thoracic drainages

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; AIR; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953544561     PISSN: 0009739X     EISSN: 1578147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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