Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgical Treatment of Initial Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Young Patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1661-1664

  Margolis, Marc ^b   Gharagozloo, Farid ^b   Tempesta, Barbara ^b   Trachiotis, Gregory D ^b   Katz, Nevin M ^b   Alexander, E Pendleton ^a   Cerfolio, Robert J ^b   Harrison, Lynn H ^b   Miller, Joseph I ^b   Demmy, Todd L ^b   Afifi, Alaa Y ^b  

^a Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; TUBE;

EID: 0242636953     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04816-6     Document Type: Article

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