Can CT scanning be used to select patients with unilateral primary spontaneous pneumothorax for bilateral surgery?

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 380-383

  Sihoe, Alan D L ^a   Yim, Anthony P C ^a   Lee, Tak Wai ^a   Wan, Song ^a   Yuen, Edmund H Y ^a   Wan, Innes Y P ^a   Arifi, Ahmed A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CT; Predicting factors; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG BULLA; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0033883620     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.2.380     Document Type: Article

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