Blood pleurodesis for the medical management of pneumothorax.
Blood pleurodesis has been used to treat pneumothorax and persistent postoperative air leak following pneumonectomy. However, the indications for this procedure and the exact technique to be followed remain poorly defined. Having reviewed the current literature, a protocol is proposed for the techni...
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| author | Rinaldi, S Felton, T Bentley, A |
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| description | Blood pleurodesis has been used to treat pneumothorax and persistent postoperative air leak following pneumonectomy. However, the indications for this procedure and the exact technique to be followed remain poorly defined. Having reviewed the current literature, a protocol is proposed for the technique and its complications and long-term outcomes are discussed. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3f8b19ed-72f3-447d-ace8-11cf55e0680c2022-03-26T14:32:42ZBlood pleurodesis for the medical management of pneumothorax.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3f8b19ed-72f3-447d-ace8-11cf55e0680cEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Rinaldi, SFelton, TBentley, ABlood pleurodesis has been used to treat pneumothorax and persistent postoperative air leak following pneumonectomy. However, the indications for this procedure and the exact technique to be followed remain poorly defined. Having reviewed the current literature, a protocol is proposed for the technique and its complications and long-term outcomes are discussed. |
| spellingShingle | Rinaldi, S Felton, T Bentley, A Blood pleurodesis for the medical management of pneumothorax. |
| title | Blood pleurodesis for the medical management of pneumothorax. |
| title_full | Blood pleurodesis for the medical management of pneumothorax. |
| title_fullStr | Blood pleurodesis for the medical management of pneumothorax. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blood pleurodesis for the medical management of pneumothorax. |
| title_short | Blood pleurodesis for the medical management of pneumothorax. |
| title_sort | blood pleurodesis for the medical management of pneumothorax |
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