Video-assisted extrathoracic bleb excision: An ultra-minithoracotomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 323-327

  Chang, Yu Tang ^a   Chou, Shah Hwa ^a   Kao, Eing Long ^a   Chuang, Hung Yi ^a,b   Li, Hsien Pin ^a   Lee, Jui Ying ^a   Huang, Meei Feng ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Minithoracotomy; Pneumothorax; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED EXTRACTHORACIC BLEB EXCISION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BLISTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549003201     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700701702200     Document Type: Review

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