Pulmonary dirofilariasis in three patients treated by lung resection.
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minithoracotomy versus thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection in interstitial lung diseases
results a total of 43 (12 males and 31 females, with mean age of 41.90 ± 8.64 years) patients underwent minithoracotomy for open lung biopsy. minithoracotomy mortality rate was 0% compared to the 0 - 5.2% reported for thoracoscopy. the mean hospital stay for minithoracotomy was 2.3 ± 0.97 days compared to 4.9 ± 1.53 days reported for thoracoscopy (p < 0.05). the complication rate was 0.05% and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0919-0945,1881-4158
DOI: 10.2995/jacsurg.6.683