Is prophylactic treatment of contralateral blebs in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax indicated?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1241-1245

  Chou, Shah Hwa ^a   Li, Hsien Pin ^a   Lee, Jui Ying ^a   Chang, Shun Jen ^a   Lee, Yen Lung ^a   Chang, Yu Tang ^a   Kao, Eing Long ^a   Dai, Zen Kong ^a   Huang, Meei Feng ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BULLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

BLISTER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950917730     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.047     Document Type: Article

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