Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy is Superior to Standard Computer Tomography of the Thorax for Selection of Patients With Spontaneous Pneumothorax for Bullectomy

Background: Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is a common disease of unknown cause often attributed to rupture of a subpleural bulla or bleb [in this study described as emphysema-like changes (ELC)]. Treatment of SP varies from conservative (rest) to aggressive (surgery). Patients with bullae >2 cm d...

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Autores principales: Janssen, Julius P., Golding, Richard P., Cuesta, Miguel A., Sutedja, Thomas, Postmus, Pieter E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1995
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2362520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/DTE.2.89

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2362520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/DTE.2.89

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