Thoracoscopic bleb resection selectively combined with pleurectomy for complicated spontaneous pneumothorax

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 333-338

  Rieger, Roman ^a,b   Woisetschläger, Rudolf ^a   Schrenk, Peter ^a   Wayand, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bleb resection; Pleurectomy; Pneumothorax; Video assisted thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031867120     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241598750004355     Document Type: Article

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