Thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1133-1136

  Liu, Hui Ping ^a   Yim, Anthony P C ^b   Izzat, M Bashar ^b   Lin, Pyng Jing ^a   Chang, Chau Hsiung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032837117     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900636     Document Type: Article

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