Superior vena cava syndrome of malignant origin. Which surgical procedure for which diagnosis?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 384-388

  Porte, Henri ^a   Metois, David ^a   Finzi, Laetitia ^a   Lebuffe, Gilles ^a   Guidat, Anne ^a   Conti, Massimo ^a   Wurtz, Alain ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Non small cell lung cancer; Small cell lung cancer; Superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMOSTASIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SARCOMA; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THYMOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034177954     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(00)00376-6     Document Type: Article

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