Should surgical pleurectomy for spontaneous pneumothorax be always thoracoscopic?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 569-572

  Qureshi, Rizwan ^a,d   Nugent, Ann ^a   Hayat, Javed ^b   Qureshi, Muhammad ^c   Norton, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Open (postero lateral thoracotomy); Parietal pleurectomy; Primary spontaneous pneumothorax; Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; OPEN SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PLEURECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CHEST TUBES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SICK LEAVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249102210     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.174755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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