Reversed-T upper mini-sternotomy for extended thymectomy in myasthenic patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1423-1424

  Grandjean, Jan G ^a   Lucchi, Marco ^a   Mariani, Massimo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; MEDIASTINUM; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

EID: 0033791224     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01749-5     Document Type: Article

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