VATS or simple talc poudrage under medical thoracoscopy for recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 442-443

  Tschopp, J M ^a   Schnyder, J M ^d   Froudarakis, M ^b   Astoul, P ^c  

^a Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie   (Switzerland)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT; TALC;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; METASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY;

HUMANS; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; TALC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59649127404     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00127008     Document Type: Letter

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