Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in Asia - Its impact and implications

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-159

  Yim, A P C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; impact on practice; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; PLEURA DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0030968659     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1997.tb00931.x     Document Type: Article

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