Suction versus water seal after thoracoscopy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: Prospective randomized study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1593-1596

  Ayed, Adel K ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SAFETY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SUCTION; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACOSCOPY; TUBE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG; MALE; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 0037407622     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04894-4     Document Type: Article

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