Robot-assisted thoracoscopic resection of a benign mediastinal neurogenic tumor: Technical note

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 462-464

  Ruurda, Jelle P ^a   Hanlo, Patrick W ^a   Hennipman, Adriaan ^a   Broeders, Ivo A M J ^a   Kelly, Patrick J ^b   Adler Jr , John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Robotic; Schwannoma; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037309845     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000044460.17286.11     Document Type: Article

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