Anterior axillary muscle-sparing thoracotomy for lung transplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1846-1848

  Pochettino, Alberto ^a   Bavaria, Joseph E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; INCISION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX WALL;

AXILLA; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0031416019     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01007-2     Document Type: Article

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