Comparison of needlescopic and conventional video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 168-172

  Chou, Shah Hwa ^a,c   Chuang, I Chun ^b   Huang, Meei Feng ^a   Chang, Shun Jen ^b   Li, Hsien Pin ^a   Lee, Jui Ying ^a   Lee, Yen Lung ^a   Chiang, Hung Hsing ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pneumothorax; Spontaneous; VATS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL VIDEO ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEEDLESCOPIC VIDEO ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861508131     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645706.2011.580763     Document Type: Article

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