Primary vs delayed surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax in children: Which is better?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 166-169

  Qureshi, Faisal G ^a   Sandulache, Vlad C ^a   Richardson, Ward ^a   Ergun, Orkan ^a   Ford, Henri R ^a   Hackam, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleb; Pediatric surgery; Pleurodesis; Thoracotomy; VATS blebectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURODESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; BLISTER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RUPTURE; THORAX SURGERY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BLISTER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12444256468     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.09.042     Document Type: Article

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