What factors predict recurrence of a spontaneous pneumothorax?

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Uramoto, Hidetaka ^a   Shimokawa, Hidehiko ^a   Tanaka, Fumihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Operation; Postoperative recurrence; Risk factor; Spontaneous pneumothorax; VATS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 84867446335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-112     Document Type: Article

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