Muscle-sparing minithoracotomy with intercostal nerve cryoanalgesia: An improved method for major lung resections

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1109-1115

  Tovar, Eduardo A ^a,b,c   Roethe, Robert A ^a   Weissig, Mark D ^a   Lillie, Michael J ^a   Dabbs Moyer, Kaye S ^a   Lloyd, Richard E ^a   Patel, Giribala R ^a  

^a ST JUDE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031762480     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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