Lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary lung cancer: Experiences based on provisional indications

Surgery Today

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-40

  Koizumi, Kiyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Shigeo ^a   Haraguchi, Shuji ^a   Akiyama, Hirohiko ^a   Mikami, Iwao ^a   Fukushima, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kawamoto, Masashi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compromised patients; Non small cell lung cancer; Provisional indication; Quality of life; VATS lobectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0031941139     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02483606     Document Type: Article

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