Treatment of Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax Complicating Silicosis and Progressive Massive Fibrosis

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 35-40

  Kawano, Masaya ^a   Miura, Hajime ^a   Anan, Hironobu ^a   Shimizu, Masatsugu ^a  

^a Nagato Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pleurodesis; Refractory secondary spontaneous pneumothorax; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE; PICIBANIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY; SILICOSIS;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE; PICIBANIL; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SILICOSIS;

EID: 0036053688     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.49.35     Document Type: Article

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