Thoracomyoplasty in the Treatment of Empyema: Current Indications, Basic Principles, and Results
Empyema remains a challenge for modern medicine. Cases not amenable to lung decortication are particularly difficult to treat, requiring prolonged hospitalizations and mutilating procedures. This paper presents the current role of thoracomyoplasty procedures, which allow complete and definitive obli...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012-01-01
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Series: | Pulmonary Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/418514 |
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