Is video-assisted thoracospic surgery superior to limited axillary thoracotomy in the management of spontaneous pneumothorax?

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 339-343

  Hyland, M J ^a   Ashrafi, A S ^a   Crepeau A ^a   Mehran, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emphysema; Pneumothorax; Surgery; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG BULLA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATION DURATION; PLEURECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034747226     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2001/208537     Document Type: Article

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