Pleurectomy with VATS in spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) treatment: is extensive pleurectomy necessary?

V. G. Pischik, M. A. Atiukov, P. K. Yablonsky (St-Petesburg, Russia)

Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Pneumothorax and VATS
Session: Pneumothorax and VATS
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3335

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