Thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis for the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 504-507

  Pletinckx, P ^a   Muysoms, F ^a,b   De Decker, C ^a   Daeter, E ^a   Claeys, D ^a  

^a AZ Maria Middelares   (Belgium)

^b AZ Maria Middelares ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Pleurodesis; Pneumothorax; Talc; Thoracoscopy; VATS

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744524445     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2005.11679768     Document Type: Article

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