Treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax: A more aggressive approach?

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 789-804

  Baumann, M H ^a   Strange, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest tube; Median sternotomy; Pleurodesis; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Thoracoscopy; Thoracotomy; Tube thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030792823     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.3.789     Document Type: Article

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