Chest-tube digital assessment after pulmonary resection: the crucial role of time-trend analysis and a new model to predict a persistent air leak.
Summary of "Chest-tube digital assessment after pulmonary resection: the crucial role of time-trend analysis and a new model to predict a persistent air leak."
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Department of General Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Name: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
ISSN: 1873-734X
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20801050
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.07.020
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