Strategies to reduce morbidity following pleurectomy and decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Abstract Background Pleurectomy and decortication (PD) in malignant pleural mesothelioma has a high morbidity mostly associated with aspiration pneumonia (PNA), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and foreign catheter sepsis. We instituted four strategies to reduce these complications and report our experie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Thoracic Cancer |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.15067 |