Air travel after biopsy-related pneumothorax: Is It Safe to Fly?

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 595-602.e1

  Tam, Alda ^a   Singh, Prachee ^a   Ensor, Joe E ^a   Carter, Kristina ^a   Kim, Edward S ^a   Hicks, Marshall E ^a   Wallace, Michael J ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy; PTNB

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY;

EID: 79955418748     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2011.01.436     Document Type: Article

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