Anterior cervical-transsternal approach for resection of benign tumors at the thoracic inlet

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 785-789

  Ladas, George ^a   Rhys Evans, Peter H ^a   Goldstraw, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032914762     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01323-X     Document Type: Article

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