Muscle-sparing anterior thoracotomy for one-stage bilateral lung volume reduction operation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 582-584

  De Perrot, Marc ^a   Licker, Marc ^a   Spiliopoulos, Anastase ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; VIDEORECORDING;

HUMANS; METHODS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; STERNUM;

EID: 0031692418     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00479-2     Document Type: Article

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