Thoracoscopic parietal pleural argon beam coagulation versus pleural abrasion in the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax☆ | Zendy

Antonio Bobbio | Zendy; Luca Ampollini | Zendy; Eveline Internullo | Zendy; Domenico Caporale | Zendy; L Cattelani | Zendy; Stefano Bettati | Zendy; Paolo Carbognani | Zendy; Michele Rusca | Zendy

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Thoracoscopic parietal pleural argon beam coagulation versus pleural abrasion in the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax☆

Author(s) -

Antonio Bobbio,

Luca Ampollini,

Eveline Internullo,

Domenico Caporale,

L Cattelani,

Stefano Bettati,

Paolo Carbognani,

Michele Rusca

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.10.034

Subject(s) - pneumothorax , medicine , abrasion (mechanical) , argon plasma coagulation , surgery , parietal pleura , lung , materials science , endoscopy , composite material

The obliteration of pleural space is useful to prevent recurrences of spontaneous pneumothorax. We retrospectively compared the results of pleural argon beam coagulation versus pleural abrasion in the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax.

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