Treatment of pneumothorax: minimally or maximally invasive?

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Paul E Van Schil. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Mar.

. 2016 Mar;49(3):868-9.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv237. Epub 2015 Jul 11.

¹ Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium paul.van.schil@uza.be.

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Keywords: Pneumothorax; Results; Thoracoscopy; Thoracotomy; Treatment; VATS.

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Surgical management of spontaneous pneumothorax: are there any prognostic factors influencing postoperative complications?
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