Is it futile to perform blindly apical wedge resection in primary spontaneous pneumothorax surgery?

M. Vayvada (Istanbul, Turkey), Y. Tezel (Istanbul, Turkey), C. Tezel (Istanbul, Turkey)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Thoracic surgery: developments in diagnostics and outcomes
Session: Thoracic surgery: developments in diagnostics and outcomes
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 1715
Disease area: Respiratory critical care, Thoracic oncology

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