Video assisted thoracoscopic bullectomy and acromycin pleurodesis: An effective treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 888-890

  Loubani, M ^a   Lynch, V ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Spontaneous preumothorax; Thoracoscopic bullectomy

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BULLA; MALE; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC BULLECTOMY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0033794847     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2000.0862     Document Type: Article

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