En bloc minimal laser resection for T3-chest wall lung cancer in patients with poor pulmonary function

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Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1092-1096

  Mineo, Tommaso Claudio ^a,c   Ambrogi, Vincenzo ^a   Pompeo, Eugenio ^a   Nofroni, Italo ^b   Casciani, Carlo U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

chest wall; minimal resection; Nd:YAG laser; T3 lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL CANCER;

EID: 0029859906     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.4.1092     Document Type: Article

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