Journal:
:journal of cardio-thoracic medicine
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reza bagheri thoracic surgeon, cardio-thoracic surgery & transplant research center, emam reza hospital, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran
seyed ziaollah haghi thoracic surgeon, cardio-thoracic surgery & transplant research center, emam reza hospital, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran
davood attaran pulmonologist, lung disease research center, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran
fatemeh ebadi general practitioner, cardio-thoracic surgery & transplant research center, emam reza hospital, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran
yaser rajabnejad general surgeon, cardio-thoracic surgery & transplant research center, emam reza hospital, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran
ata'ollah rajabnejad student of medical science, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran
introduction: video-assisted thoracic surgery (vats) is now commonly used for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. in the present study we compared the outcomes of this technique with those obtained by conventional thoracotomy.material and methods: in this cross-sectional stud, forty patients were enrolled into two groups: vats (n=20) and thoracotomy (n=20). in both groups the blebs were resected ...