A new technological approach to nonanatomical pulmonary resection: Saline enhanced thermal sealing

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1671-1676

  Yim, Anthony P C ^a   Rendina, Erino A ^b   Hazelrigg, Stephen R ^c   Chow, Louis T C ^a   Lee, Tai Wai ^a   Wan, Song ^a   Arifi, Ahmed A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036840595     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03901-2     Document Type: Article

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