Patient and surgical factors influencing air leak after lung volume reduction surgery: lessons learned from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial.

DeCamp, Malcolm M

Patient and surgical factors influencing air leak after lung volume reduction surgery: lessons learned from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. [electronic resource] - The Annals of thoracic surgery Jul 2006 - 197-206; discussion 206-7 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

1552-6259

10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.050 doi


Administration, Inhalation
Adrenal Cortex Hormones--administration & dosage
Aged
Animals
Bioprosthesis
Cattle
Female
Fibrin Tissue Adhesive--therapeutic use
Forced Expiratory Volume
Humans
Male
Matched-Pair Analysis
Middle Aged
Pericardium--transplantation
Pleural Diseases--complications
Pleurodesis
Pneumonectomy
Pneumothorax--epidemiology
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Postoperative Complications--etiology
Prevalence
Pulmonary Emphysema--surgery
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Risk Factors
Surgical Staplers
Surgical Stapling
Suture Techniques
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
Tissue Adhesions--complications
White People