Thoracoscopic Bleb Ligation in Patients with Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
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Mun, Sung-Ho
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University)
Jang, In-Seok (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Lee, Chung-Eun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Kim, Jong-Woo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Choi, Jun-Young (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Rhie, Sang-Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) |
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