welcomes you to the new, improved website!A two-center prospective study on 229 patients with pulmonary lobectomy for lung cancer was conducted. Large postoperative pleural effusion (>400 ml/day) could be predicted by an aggregate score which includes age >70 years, lower lobectomy and presence of COPD.
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An aggregate score to predict the risk of large pleural effusion after pulmonary lobectomy
Source: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
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Author(s): Ralitsa Hristova, Cecilia Pompili, Sofina Begum, Michele Salati, Manos Kefaloyannis, Vasileios Tentzeris, Kostas Papagiannopoulos, and Alessandro Brunelli
