Empyema thoracis in children: clinical staging and video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

K. Lahiri, M. Engade, R. Agarwal (Mumbai/Maharashtra, India)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in pleural diseases
Session: Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in pleural diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 677
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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K. Lahiri, M. Engade, R. Agarwal (Mumbai/Maharashtra, India). Empyema thoracis in children: clinical staging and video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 677

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