Spontaneous pneumothorax associated with primary lung cancer: a retrospective study
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Spontaneous pneumothorax associated with primary lung cancer
Method Retrospective revision of the files of the patients who presented with spontaneous pneumothorax and admitted to the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department Main University Hospital of Alexandria, Egypt during the period from January 2005 to January 2015 was performed. Files were searched for association of spontaneous pneumothorax with primary pulmonary carcinoma. Patients who had spontaneous ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Cardiothoracic Surgeon
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2662-2203
DOI: 10.1186/s43057-020-00020-5