Treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax by videothoracoscopic talc pleurodesis under local anesthesia: a review of 133 procedures.

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Published in Surg Endosc on September 30, 2009

Authors

R Ramos-Izquierdo1, J Moya, I Macia, F Rivas, A Ureña, G Rosado, I Escobar, J Saumench, A Cabrera, M A Delgado, R Villalonga

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Unit of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Servei de Cirurgia Toràcica, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain. ricardramos@ub.edu

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