Contralateral recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1146-1150

  Huang, Tsai Wang ^a   Lee, Shih Chun ^a   Cheng, Yeung Leung ^a   Tzao, Ching ^a   Hsu, Hsian He ^a   Chang, Hung ^a   Chen, Jen Chih ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bleb; Bulla; Contralateral recurrence; Primary spontaneous pneumothorax; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 35448969326     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2772     Document Type: Article

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