Surgical treatment of chronic empyema

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 311-316

  Shiraishi, Yuji ^a  

^a Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decortication; Empyema; Muscle transposition; Omentum transposition; Thoracoplasty

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; DEBRIDEMENT; DECORTICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; PLEURA CAVITY; PLOMBAGE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955934377     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-010-0599-6     Document Type: Review

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