Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery as a primary intervention in pediatric parapneumonic effusion and empyema

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 957-961

  Schneider, Christopher R ^a   Gauderer, Michaelw L ^a   Blackhurst, Dawn ^a   Chandler, John C ^a   Abrams, Randel S ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; INFANT; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 77957376489     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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