Reoperation for recurrent thymoma: Experience in seven patients and review of the literature

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 286-291

  Mineo, T C ^a   Biancari, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

myasthenia gravis; recurrence; reoperation; thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMOMA;

ADULT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030479995     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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