title: Video thoracoscopy: routine application for recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax.
abstract: Video thoracoscopy is a technique that allows a minimally invasive approach to common thoracic surgical problems. This article reports three patients with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax managed by video thoracoscopic apical bleb resection and describes the surgical technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90509.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Zane
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hurwitz
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Milliken
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D020708:Thoracoscopes; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*