Proposal for reasonable mediastinal lymphadenectomy in bronchogenic carcinomas: Role of subcarinal nodes in selective dissection

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 949-953

  Okada, M ^a   Tsubota, N ^a   Yoshimura, M ^a   Miyamoto, Y ^a  

^a HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031787213     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(98)70045-5     Document Type: Article

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