Thoracoscopic or open pleurectomy for spontaneous pneumothorax? A common question about a common problem

Medical Forum Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 5-10

  Qureshi, Rizwan ^a   Nugent, Ann ^a   Norton, Richard ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Open (postero lateral thoracotomy); Parietal pleurectomy; Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP); Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP); Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PLEURECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0036272353     PISSN: 1029385X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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