Needlescopic video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-224

  Chou, Shah Hwa ^a,b   Li, Hsien Pin ^a   Lee, Jui Ying ^a   Lee, Yen Lung ^a   Kao, Eing Long ^a,b   Huang, Meei Feng ^a   Lin, Tsun En ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Needlescope; Pneumothorax; VATS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEEDLESCOPIC VIDEO ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; THORAX SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72649103263     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700802649425     Document Type: Article

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