Journal of Chest Surgery
- Volume 25 Issue 11
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- Pages.1282-1285
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- 1992
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- 2765-1606(pISSN)
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- 2765-1614(eISSN)
Treatment of the Spontaneous Pneumothorax by the Vertical Axillary Thoracotomy
수직액와 피부절개술을 이용한 자연기흉의 치료
Abstract
Forty patients with spontaneous pneumothorax underwent vertical axillarty thoracotomy for surgical bullectomy of spontaneous pneumothorax between June, 1991 and september, 1992. We evaluated the method in terms of postoperative pain, wound complication, days of hospital stay and cosmetic result. It`s concludid that verical axillary thoracotomy provides satisfactory exposure for limited procedures within the thoracic cavity and offers the specific advantages of minimal and cosmetically acceptable results when compared with the thoracotomy methods.
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