Is chest tube drainage losing ground in management of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax?

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Hany Hasan Elsayed. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;9(10):3518-3522.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.08.150.

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Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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