Mediastinal mass evaluation using advanced robotic techniques

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 571-573

  DeRose Jr , Joseph J ^a,b   Swistel, Daniel G ^a   Safavi, Ali ^a   Connery, Cliff P ^a   Ashton Jr , Robert C ^a  

^a St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORACOSCOPY; TUMOR BIOPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0037314583     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04295-9     Document Type: Article

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