Horner's syndrome as a complication in thoracic surgical practice
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Horner's syndrome as a complication in thoracic surgical practice.
OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence, reasons and prognosis about Horner's syndrome in thoracic surgical patients. METHODS In this prospective clinical study, 933 adult patients were assessed between the years of 1998 and 2002. All patients who underwent chest tube insertion (n: 662 patients) or thoracotomy (n: 342 patients), or who had thoracic trauma (n: 268 patients) were routinely examine...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2003.09.014