The modified 'hemi-clamshell' approach for tumors of the cervicothoracic junction

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1961-1963

  Rusca, Michele ^a   Carbognani, Paolo ^a   Bobbio, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; LUNG TUMOR; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; RIBS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0033936121     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01340-0     Document Type: Article

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