Bilateral Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in the Supine Position for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-44

  Watanabe, Shun Ichi ^a   Sakasegawa, K ^a   Kariatsumari, K ^a   Suehiro, S ^a   Kudama, T ^a   Shimokawa, S ^a   Sakata, R ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Pneumothorax; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Supine; Unilateral; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BULLA; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542724782     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815800     Document Type: Article

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