Management of patients with mediastinal masses - A retrospective analysis of 223 interventions including long-term results;Chirurgische diagnostik und therapie bei patienten mit mediastinalen raumforderungen - Eine retrospektive analyse von 223 eingriffen unter spezieller berucksichtigung des langzeitverlaufes

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 121-128

  Capoferri, M ^a   Furrer, M ^a,b   Ris, H B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mediastinal masses; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; SARCOIDOSIS; THORACOSCOPY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CANCER STAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0031604496     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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