Management of residual pleural space and air leaks after major pulmonary resection

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 923-925

  Korasidis, Stylianos ^a   Andreetti, Claudio ^a   D'Andrilli, Antonio ^a   Ibrahim, Mohsen ^a   Ciccone, Annamaria ^a   Poggi, Camilla ^a   Siciliani, Alessandra ^a   Rendina, Erino A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air leaks; Blood patch; Pleural space; Pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AIR LEAK; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURA CAVITY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL PLEURAL SPACE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUBE REMOVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; PNEUMOTHORAX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954561985     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.231241     Document Type: Article

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