Does physiotherapy reduce the incidence of postoperative complications in patients following pulmonary resection via thoracotomy? a protocol for a randomised controlled trial
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Postoperative pulmonary and shoulder complications are important causes of postoperative morbidity following thoracotomy. While physiotherapy aims to prevent or minimise these complications, currently there are no randomised controll...
Main Authors: | McPherson Kathryn M, Stiller Kathy, Nicol Kristine, Reeve Julie C, Denehy Linda |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/3/1/48 |
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