Does video-assisted thoracoscopic pleurectomy result in better outcomes than open pleurectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax?
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Report By: Hunaid A. Vohra, Louise Adamson, and David F. Weeden - Registrars in Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Institution: Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals
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Date Submitted: 26th August 2009
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Last Modified: 26th August 2009
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Status:
Red (incomplete)
Three Part Question
In [patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax] is [VATS pleurectomy] better than [open pleurectomy] in [improving outcome post operatively]?
