The value of the Nd:YAG laser for the surgery of lung metastases in a randomized trial

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1402-1407

  Mineo, Tommaso C ^a,c   Ambrogi, Vincenzo ^a   Pompeo, Eugenio ^a   Nofroni, Italo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laser surgery; Lung neoplasms; Metastasis; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031950007     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.5.1402     Document Type: Article

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