Comparison of video-assisted thoracoscopic talcage for recurrent primary versus persistent secondary spontaneous pneumothorax

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 412-416

  Noppen, M ^a   Meysman, M ^a   D'Haese, J ^a   Monsieur, I ^a   Verhaeghe, W ^a   Schlesser, M ^a   Vincken, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

spontaneous pneumothorax; video assisted thoracoscopic talcage

Indexed keywords

TALC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TALC; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031055923     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10020412     Document Type: Article

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