When and how to treat;Spontaneous pneumothorax

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-20

  Metaxas, Efestatious K ^a   Condilis, Nicolas ^b   Tzatzadakis, Nicolas ^a   Dervisoglou, Athanasios ^a   Athanasiadi, Kalliope ^a   Gerazounis, Michael I ^a  

^a Agios Panteleimon State General Hospital   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Closed thoracic drainage; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCTION; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547471070     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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