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Is it a myth to perform blind apical wedge resection in primary spontaneous pneumothorax surgery to improve recurrence rates?

BACKGROUND: Video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery (VATS) is the first method for the surgical treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP). Many surgeons traditionally performed bullectomy or wedge resection (WR) in addition to mechanical or chemical pleurodesis. Our study aimed to determine wh...

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Autores principales: Vayvada, Mustafa, Tezel, Yelda, Tezel, Çağatay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8973495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33885029
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmas.JMAS_269_20