The Current Role of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) in the Overall Practice of Thoracic Surgery: A Review of 207 Cases

International Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-231

  Davies, A L ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

VATS; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CYST; OPERATION DURATION; PERICARDIUM CYST; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030731087     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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