Is video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy a unified approach?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1155-1158

  Yim, Anthony P C ^a   Landreneau, Rodney J ^b   Izzat, Mohammad Bashar ^b   Fung, Alex L K ^b   Wan, Song ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0032192034     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00622-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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