Long term survival of thoracoscopic metastasectomy vs metastasectomy by thoracotomy in patients with a solitary pulmonary lesion

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 864-868

  Mutsaerts, E L A R ^a   Zoetmulder, F A N ^a   Meijer, S ^b   Baas, P ^a   Hart, A A M ^a   Rutgers, E J Th ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Outcome; Pulmonary; Thoracoscopic resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SAFETY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036892372     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejso.2002.1284     Document Type: Article

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