Video-assisted lobectomy in the elderly

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1101-1105

  Asamura, Hisao ^a   Nakayama, Haruhiko ^a   Kondo, Haruhiko ^a   Tsuchiya, Ryosuke ^a   Naruke, Tsuguo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

elderly; lung cancer; thoracoscopy; video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TONGUE CARCINOMA; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0030898966     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.4.1101     Document Type: Article

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