Comparison of videothoracoscopy and axillary thoracotomy for the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1014-1015

  Miller, J D ^a   Simone, C ^a   Kahnamoui, K ^a   Thomas, J ^a   Bennett, W F ^a   Young, J E M ^a   Urschel, J D ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AXILLA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0033767203     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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