Wedge resection of the bronchus: An alternative bronchoplastic technique for preservation of lung tissue

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 679-683

  Kotoulas, Christophoros ^a,b   Lazopoulos, George ^a   Foroulis, Christophoros ^a   Konstantinou, Marios ^a   Tomos, Pericles ^a   Lioulias, Achilles ^a  

^a Chest Diseases Hospital Athens   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bronchoplastic technique; Lung cancer; Wedge resection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; BRONCHI; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035490108     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00889-2     Document Type: Article

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