What is the best treatment of postpneumonectomy empyema?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-264

  Zahid, Imran ^a   Routledge, Tom ^b   Billè, Andrea ^b   Scarci, Marco ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empyema; Postpneumonectomy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG RESECTION; MEDLINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOMYOPLASTY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551583133     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.254706     Document Type: Article

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