Video-assisted thoracoscopy versus thoracotomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: A randomized controlled trial

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-118

  Ayed, Adel K ^a   Al Din, Hassan Jamal ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Chest Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Spontaneous pneumothorax; Thoracoscopy; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PETHIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0033798254     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026127     Document Type: Article

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