Transaxillary minithoracotomy versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1510-1512

  Kim, Kwang Ho ^a,b   Kim, Hyeong Kook ^a   Han, Jae Youl ^a   Kim, Joung Taek ^a   Won, Yong Soon ^a   Choi, Soo Seung ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0029920543     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00113-0     Document Type: Article

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