Unique minithoracotomy assisted by videothoracoscopy facilitates a maximal view even with a minimal wound for resection of primary lung cancer

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 148-150

  Yoshino, I ^a   Ushijima, C ^b   Tomiyasu, M ^a   Suemitsu, R ^a   Ichinose, Y ^b   Sugimachi, K ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Minithoracotomy; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 0036136419     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004640080194     Document Type: Article

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