Pericardial repair after extensive resection: Another use for the pedicled diaphragmatic flap

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1112-1114

  Goldstraw, Peter ^a   Jiao, Xialong ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; AGED; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030117895     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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