Prospective, multicenter study of pleural adhesion in repeated pulmonary surgery.
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Method Seventy patients, with a median age of 67 years, undergoing a second thoracotomy with complete medical records of the previous thoracotomy from 4 institutions were included in this study. The mean interval from the first operation to the second operation was 20 months (1-105 months). The site and the extent of adhesion as well as duration and amount of bleeding while dissecting the adhesion were recorded.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of cardiothoracic surgery
دوره 10 Suppl 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015