Lung herniation through a postthoracoscopy chest wall defect: Demonstration with spiral CT

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 558-560

  Hauser, Markus ^a   Weder, Walter ^a   Largiadèr, Felix ^a   Glazer, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall; Complications; Lung; Lung herniation; Pain; Surgery; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL DEFECT;

EID: 0030739624     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.2.558     Document Type: Article

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