Bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2234-2237

  Ayed, Adel K ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Pleurodesis; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BULLA; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SARCOIDOSIS; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036924280     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.6.2234     Document Type: Article

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