Surgical treatment of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax: What is the optimal timing?;Cirugía del neumotórax espontáneo de repetición: ¿Cuándo indicarla?

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 275-278

  Rivo Vazquez J E ^a   Canizares Carretero M A ^a   Garcia Fontan E ^a   Albort Ventura, J ^a   Penalver Pascual R ^a  

^a Servicio de Cirugia Toracica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Spontaneous pneumothorax: recurrent, persistent; Surgical indications; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042673928     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13061437     Document Type: Article

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