The diverse potential of thoracoscopic assisted surgery

International Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-31

  McCarthy, J F ^a   Hurley, J P ^a   Wood, A E ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Thoracoscopy, video assisted

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEOTAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030918291     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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