Resection of anterior mediastinal masses through an infrasternal approach

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 263-265

  Kido, Tetsuo ^a,b   Hazama, Kenji ^a   Inoue, Youichi ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Takao, Tetsuto ^a  

^a OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY;

CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARATHYROID GLANDS; TERATOMA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033028641     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01210-7     Document Type: Article

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