Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: Clinicopathological correlation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-225

  Ayed, Adel K ^a   Chandrasekaran, Chezhian ^b   Sukumar, Murugan ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Chest Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Blebs; Bullae; Pleurectomy; Pneumothorax; Video assisted thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BULLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; PLEURECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31044454541     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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