Debridement alone without decortication can achieve lung re-expansion in patients with empyema: An observational study

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 725-

  Kho, Phoebe ^a   Karunanantham, Jayenthan ^a   Leung, Maria ^a   Lim, Eric ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decortication; Empyema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECORTICATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG SURGERY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE EXPANSION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORACOTOMY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; LONDON; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956206634     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.247619     Document Type: Article

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