Management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 272-275

  Noppen, Marc ^a  

^a Interventional Endoscopy Clin A   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Management; Pneumothorax; Primary; Spontaneous; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LUNG ASPIRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0038000603     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200307000-00005     Document Type: Review

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