TY  - JOUR 
AU  - Varela, Gonzalo
AU  - Jiménez López, Marcelo Fernando
AU  - Novoa Valentín, Nuria María
AU  - Aranda Alcaide, José Luis
PY  - 2005
SN  - 1010-7940
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10366/162988
AB  - Prolonged air leak (PAL) after pulmonary surgery is a frequent occurrence and is reported to cause increased length of stay (LOS) and hospital costs although the costs directly attributable to PAL have never been published. The present study aims to...
LA  - eng
KW  - Lung resection
KW  - Adverse outcomes
KW  - Postoperative air-leak
KW  - Hospital costs
KW  - Lung
KW  - Thoracic Surgery
KW  - Lung Neoplasms
KW  - Length of Stay
KW  - Proportional Hazards Models
KW  - Empyema
KW  - Humans
KW  - Postoperative Complications
KW  - Pneumonia
KW  - Pneumonectomy
KW  - Retrospective Studies
TI  - Estimating hospital costs attributable to prolonged air leak in pulmonary lobectomy.
DO  - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.11.005
VL  - 27
M2  - 329
ER  -