Thoracoscopic parietal pleural argon beam coagulation versus pleural abrasion in the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-8

  Bobbio, Antonio ^a   Ampollini, Luca ^a   Internullo, Eveline ^a   Caporale, Domenico ^a   Cattelani, Leonardo ^a   Bettati, Stefano ^a   Carbognani, Paolo ^a   Rusca, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Argon beam coagulation; Pleural abrasion; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244447683     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.10.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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