Clinical Analysis of Contralateral Bulla of Lung on HRCT in the Patients Having Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Unilateral Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
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Shin, Dong-Il
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Oh, Tae-Yoon (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Chang, Woon-Ha (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Jung-Tae (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Jeong, Young-Kyun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) |
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