Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Ng, Calvin SH; Wan, Song; Lee, Tak Wai; Wan, Innes YP; Arifi, Ahmed A; Yim, Anthony PC

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2002/672953

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Volume 9 | Article ID 672953 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2002/672953

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Calvin SH Ng,¹Song Wan,¹Tak Wai Lee,¹Innes YP Wan,¹Ahmed A Arifi,¹and Anthony PC Yim¹

Abstract

The proven safety and efficacy of minimal access video-assisted thoracic surgery has changed the way that spontaneous pneumothorax is managed. This review presents some of the experiences of the decade, discusses the controversies and reviews the current video-assisted thoracic surgical management of spontaneous pneumothorax.

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Copyright © 2002 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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