Thoracoscopic management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-72

  Connolly, S S ^a   Hurson, C ^a   Lynch, V ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036553648     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03168954     Document Type: Article

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