Is video-assisted thoracic surgery justified at first spontaneous pneumothorax?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 42-45

  Torresini, Guido ^a,b   Vaccarili, Maurizio ^a   Divisi, Duilio ^a   Crisci, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Spontaneous pneumothorax; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA; PLEURA DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENCE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034987922     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00679-0     Document Type: Article

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