Effect of Circumference of Open Window Thoracostomy on Chest Wall Closure, Pleural Cavity Clearance, and Lung Expansion

Introduction Managing chronic empyema thoracis (CET) due to tuberculosis (TB) in debilitated patients is complicated. Open window thoracostomy (OWT) is one of the ways to manage these high-risk patients. Closure of OWT is sometimes difficult to attain. The purpose of this study is to compare the out...

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Autores principales: Nasreen, Shagufta, Ali, Nadir, Ahmad, Tanveer, Mazcuri, Misauq, Abid, Ambreen, Thapaliya, Pratikshya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8590520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34796069
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18781

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8590520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34796069
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18781

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