Indications and morbidity of tube thoracostomy performed for traumatic and non-traumatic free pleural effusions in a low-income setting

INTRODUCTION: Tube thoracostomy (TT) is widely used to resolve a number of pleural conditions. Few data are available on the complications of TT performed for non-traumatic conditions, especially in low income setting. The aim of this study is to analyse the indications and complications of TT perfo...

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Autores principales: Mefire, Alain Chichom, Fokou, Marcus, Dika, Louis Din
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25489361
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.18.256.3963

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25489361
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.18.256.3963

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