Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-19

  Rao, Anil ^a,b   Bansal, Arvind ^a,b   Rangraj, Madhu ^a,b   Grant, Gwynneth R ^a,b   Papamichael, Michael J ^a,b   Nepomuceno, Arlene ^a,b   Giarolo, Irene ^a,b   Brandstetter, Robert D ^a,b  

^a Sound Shore Medical Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0032948905     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9563(99)70039-7     Document Type: Article

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