Is aggressive surgery in pleural empyema justified?

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Published in Eur J Cardiothorac Surg on August 01, 1998

Authors

H Renner1, S Gabor, H Pinter, A Maier, G Friehs, F M Smolle-Juettner

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Thoracic and Hyperbaric Surgery, University Medical School of Graz, Austria.

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