Video-assisted thoracic surgery in the elderly: A review of 307 cases

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 751-758

  Jaklitsch, Michael T ^b   DeCamp Jr , Malcolm M ^a,c   Liptay, Michael J ^a   Harpole Jr , David H ^a   Swanson, Scott J ^a   Mentzer, Steven J ^a   Sugarbaker, David J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; thoracoscopy; video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MORTALITY; PERICARDIOTOMY; PLEURA DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0030475855     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.3.751     Document Type: Article

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