Video assisted thoracoscopic management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 236-240

  Yim, Anthony P C ^a   Liu, Hui Ping ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Argon beam coagulation; Complications; Endoloop; Endoscopic suturing; Pleurodesis; Stapled bullectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGON; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THORACOSCOPES; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030962873     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199706000-00012     Document Type: Article

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