Video-assisted extended thymectomy in patients with thymoma by lifting the sternum

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1721-1723

  Takeo, Sadanori ^a,b   Sakada, Takashi ^a   Yano, Tokujirou ^a  

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery ^*  (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERICARDIUM; STERNUM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034998440     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02697-7     Document Type: Article

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