Video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax in children: is there an optimal technique?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2151-2155

  Bialas, Ryan C ^a,b   Weiner, Timothy M ^a,b   Phillips, J Duncan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax (PSP); Video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEBECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449112453     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.041     Document Type: Article

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