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Burden of air leak complications in thoracic surgery estimated using a national hospital billing database

BACKGROUND: One of the most common outcomes of lung resections are parenchymal air leaks. These air leaks are most often self-limited and spontaneously resolve several days after surgery. Historically, only prolonged air leaks have been considered to have a significant effect on patient outcomes. Th...

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Autores principales: Yoo, Andrew, Ghosh, Sudip K, Danker, Walter, Kassis, Edmund, Kalsekar, Iftekhar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5498775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28721079
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S133830