Is Video-Assited Thoracoscopic Surgery Superior to Limited Axillary Thoracotomy in the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax?
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate bullectomy and pleurectomy in the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax (PNO) using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), and to compare the outcome with that of the same procedure performed using limited axillary thoracotomy (LAT).
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| author | Meaghen J Hyland Ahmad S Ashrafi André Crépeau Reza J Mehran |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate bullectomy and pleurectomy in the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax (PNO) using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), and to compare the outcome with that of the same procedure performed using limited axillary thoracotomy (LAT). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3a1ff113bb624529a07a21888799f6732025-02-03T01:01:35ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412001-01-018533934310.1155/2001/208537Is Video-Assited Thoracoscopic Surgery Superior to Limited Axillary Thoracotomy in the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax?Meaghen J Hyland0Ahmad S Ashrafi1André Crépeau2Reza J Mehran3Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital – General Campus, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital – General Campus, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital – General Campus, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital – General Campus, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaOBJECTIVE: To evaluate bullectomy and pleurectomy in the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax (PNO) using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), and to compare the outcome with that of the same procedure performed using limited axillary thoracotomy (LAT).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/208537 |
| spellingShingle | Meaghen J Hyland Ahmad S Ashrafi André Crépeau Reza J Mehran Is Video-Assited Thoracoscopic Surgery Superior to Limited Axillary Thoracotomy in the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax? Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | Is Video-Assited Thoracoscopic Surgery Superior to Limited Axillary Thoracotomy in the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax? |
| title_full | Is Video-Assited Thoracoscopic Surgery Superior to Limited Axillary Thoracotomy in the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax? |
| title_fullStr | Is Video-Assited Thoracoscopic Surgery Superior to Limited Axillary Thoracotomy in the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is Video-Assited Thoracoscopic Surgery Superior to Limited Axillary Thoracotomy in the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax? |
| title_short | Is Video-Assited Thoracoscopic Surgery Superior to Limited Axillary Thoracotomy in the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax? |
| title_sort | is video assited thoracoscopic surgery superior to limited axillary thoracotomy in the management of spontaneous pneumothorax |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/208537 |
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