Video-assisted thoracic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax: Outcome of 189 cases

International Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 185-189

  Luh, Shi Ping ^a   Tsai, Tsong Po ^a   Chou, Ming Chih ^a   Yang, Pan Chyr ^b   Lee, Chun Jean ^b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bullectomy; Pneumothorax; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE; TALC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PLEURA; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POWDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13644270317     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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