Optimal timing of thoracoscopic drainage and decortication for empyema

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 224-229

  Chung, Jae Ho ^a   Lee, Sung Ho ^a   Kim, Kwang Taik ^a   Jung, Jae Seung ^a   Son, Ho Sung ^a   Sun, Kyung ^a  

^a Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHEST TUBE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECORTICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMPYEMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPE; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891617011     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.08.039     Document Type: Article

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