Median sternotomy versus thoracotomy to resect primary lung cancer: Analysis of 815 cases

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 373-379

  Asaph, James W ^a   Handy, John R ^a   Grunkemeier, Gary L ^a   Douville, E Charles ^a   Tsen, Andrew C ^a   Rogers, Richard C ^a   Keppel, John F ^a  

^a EARLE A CHILES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033836194     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01364-3     Document Type: Article

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