Complications and treatment failures of video-assisted thoracoscopic debridement for pediatric empyema

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-371

  Meier, Andreas H ^a   Hess, Clayton B ^b   Cilley, Robert E ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Empyema; Minimally invasive surgery; VATD; VATS; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL INJURY; AIR LEAK; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; ABDOMEN; AGE; ALGORITHM; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953954947     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2562-0     Document Type: Article

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