Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases

Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 409-413

  Petrakis, Ioannis ^a,b   Katsamouris, Asterios ^a   Drossitis, Ioannis ^a   Chalkiadakis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chest disease; Lung biopsy; Surgery; Thoracoscopy; Video assisted thoracoscopic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEVISION CAMERA; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033401603     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-199912000-00008     Document Type: Article

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