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Does physiotherapy reduce the incidence of postoperative complications in patients following pulmonary resection via thoracotomy? a protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Postoperative pulmonary and shoulder complications are important causes of postoperative morbidity following thoracotomy. While physiotherapy aims to prevent or minimise these complications, currently there are no randomised controlled trials to support or refute effectiveness of physiot...

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Autores principales: Reeve, Julie C, Nicol, Kristine, Stiller, Kathy, McPherson, Kathryn M, Denehy, Linda
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2500000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18634549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-48