Complications and failures of video-assisted thoracic surgery: Experience from two centers in Asia

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 538-541

  Yim, Anthony P C ^a   Liu, Hui Ping ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR LEAK; ARTICLE; ASIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030024136     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01097-1     Document Type: Article

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