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Prosthesis for Open Pleurostomy (POP): Management for Chronic Empyemas

OBJECTIVES: We developed a prosthesis for open pleurostomy cases where pulmonary decortication is not indicated, or where post-pneumonectomy space infection occurs. The open pleural window procedure not only creates a large hole in the chest wall that is shocking to patients, also results in a perma...

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Autores principales: Filomeno, Luiz Tarcísio Brito, de Campos, José Ribas Milanez, Machuca, Tiago Noguchi, Neves-Pereira, João Carlos das, Terra, Ricardo Mingarini
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2666462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19330246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322009000300010