Thoracoscopic Surgery for Lung Cancer Complicated by Emphysema in Elderly Patients: Report of three cases

International Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-247

  Ohtsuka, T ^a,b   Kohno, T ^a   Nakajima, J ^a   Yagyu, K ^a   Furuse, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Cardiovasc/Thoracic Surgeons Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Emphysema; Lung neoplasms; Thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; NEODYMIUM LASER; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORACOSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; THORACOSCOPES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030482151     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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