Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for bilateral primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Chen, Yi Jen ^a   Luh, Shi Ping ^a,c   Hsu, Kun Yen ^a   Chen, Cheng Ren ^a   Tsao, Thomas Chang Yao ^b   Chen, Jia Yuh ^b  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP); Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LUNG BULLA; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TAIWAN; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLISTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PLEURA; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41749096862     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0720235     Document Type: Article

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