Intrathoracic Vacuum-Assisted Management of Persistent and Infected Pleural Spaces

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 266-270

  Aru, Giorgio M ^a   Jew, Nicholas B ^a   Tribble, Curtis G ^a   Merrill, Walter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 77953606293     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.04.092     Document Type: Article

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