Postoperative Strategies to Treat Permanent Air Leaks

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 391-397

  Venuta, Federico ^a   Rendina, Erino A ^a   De Giacomo, Tiziano ^a   Coloni, Giorgio F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air leaks; Lung resection; Lung volume reduction; One way valves; Pleurodesis; Pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AIR LEAK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VOLUME; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; DEVICES; DRAINAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; LENGTH OF STAY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SUCTION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; PNEUMOTHORAX; REOPERATION; SUCTION;

EID: 77954369888     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2010.03.004     Document Type: Review

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