Thoracoscopic Ipsilateral Approach to Contralateral Bullous Lesion in Patients with Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1665-1667

  Wu, Yi Cheng ^a   Chu, Yen ^a   Liu, Yun Hen ^a   Yeh, Chi Hsiao ^a   Chen, Tzu Ping ^a   Liu, Hui Ping ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; STAPLER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACOSCOPE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242721208     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00965-2     Document Type: Article

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