Minimally invasive approach for pneumonectomy culminating in an outpatient procedure

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1454-1458

  Tovar, Eduardo A ^a,b,c  

^a ST JUDE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feasibility studies, length of stay, lung neoplasms, surgery; Pain, postoperative, pneumonectomy; Postoperative complications; Surgery, minimally invasive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0031791690     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.5.1454     Document Type: Article

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