Video-assisted thoracic surgery as a primary therapy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: Decision making by the guideline of high-resolution computed tomography

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1290-1293

  Kim, Jhingook ^a   Kim, Kwhanmien ^a   Shim, Young M ^a   Chang, Woo I ^a   Park, Kay Hyun ^a   Jun, Tae Gook ^a   Park, Pyo W ^a   Chae, Hum ^a   Lee, Kyung S ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blebs; High resolution computed tomography; Primary spontaneous pneumothorax; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0032209307     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900842     Document Type: Article

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