Does video-assisted thoracoscopic pleurectomy result in better outcomes than open pleurectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 673-677

  Vohra, Hunaid A ^a   Adamson, Louise ^a   Weeden, David F ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Pneumothorax; Thoracic surgery; VATS

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OPEN PLEURECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC PLEURECTOMY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249122150     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.176081     Document Type: Article

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