Video-assisted thoracic surgery in the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax;Il trattamento videotoracoscopico del pneumotorace spontaneo

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 741-747

  Voltolini, L ^a   Di Bisceglie, M ^a   Cacchiarelli, M ^b   D'Agata, A ^a   Luzzi, L ^a   Ghiribelli, C ^a   Paladini, P ^a   Gotti, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b AUSL 8 di Arezzo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pneumothorax, surgery; Thoracic surgical procedures methods; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033496983     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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