title: Are we ready to go directly to videothoracoscopic surgery at a first presentation of primary spontaneous pneumothorax?
authors.affiliation: Clinical Operational Research Unit (CORU), University College London, London, UK tom.treasure@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Treasure
authors.affiliation: Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Rob J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hallifax
authors.affiliation: Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Najib
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: First episode; Pathogenesis; Patients' satisfaction; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery