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[Results of conservative treatment in patients with occult pneumothorax]

Heura Llaquet Bayo1, Sandra Montmany Vioque1, Pere Rebasa1

  • 1Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital de Sabadell, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.

Cirugia Espanola
|March 26, 2015
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Drenaje pleural (tubo de toracostomía)Multiple traumaNeumotórax ocultoOccult pneumothoraxPositive-pressure ventilationRadiografía torácicaRadiography thoracicTomografía computarizadaTomographyTraumatismo múltipleTube thoracostomyVentilación presión positiva

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