Long-term results of lung decortication in patients with trapped lung secondary to coronary artery bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-114

  Celik, Sezai ^a   Celik, Muharrem ^a   Aydemir, Bulent ^a   Tunckaya, Cemalettin ^a   Okay, Tamer ^a   Dogusoy, Ilgaz ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Decortication; Lung; Restrictive pleurisy; Trapped lung

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURISY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURISY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84860127991     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.oa.11.01715     Document Type: Article

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