Staple line coverage with absorbable mesh after thoracoscopic bullectomy for spontaneous pneumothorax

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 478-481

  Sakamoto, K ^a,b   Takei, H ^b   Nishii, T ^b   Maehara, T ^b   Omori, T ^b   Tajiri, M ^a,c   Imada, T ^a   Takanashi, Y ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorbable mesh sheet; Bullectomy; Reinforcement; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Vicryl mesh; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BULLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLISTER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942486798     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-8918-y     Document Type: Article

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