Pulmonary function, postoperative pain, and serum cytokine level after lobectomy: A comparison of VATS and conventional procedure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 362-365

  Nagahiro, Itaru ^a   Andou, Akio ^a   Aoe, Motoi ^a   Sano, Yoshifumi ^a   Date, Hiroshi ^a   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0034910808     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02804-1     Document Type: Article

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