Biopsy of anterior mediastinal masses under local anesthesia

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1720-1723

  Rendina, Erino A ^a   Venuta, Federico ^a   De Giacomo, Tiziano ^a   Ciccone, Anna Maria ^a   Moretti, Marco S ^a   Ibrahim, Mohsen ^a   Coloni, G Furio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THYMOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINOSCOPES; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036841886     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03821-3     Document Type: Article

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