Videothoracoscopic Treatment of Spontaneous Pneumothorax

International Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 336-338

  Luh, Shi Ping ^a   Lee, Yung Chie ^a   Lee, Jang Ming ^a   Lee, Chun Jean ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pneumothorax; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030423633     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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