Totally endoscopic robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 569-571

  Ashton Jr , Robert C ^a,b   McGinnis, Karen M ^a   Connery, Cliff P ^a   Swistel, Daniel G ^a   Ewing, Douglas R ^a   DeRose Jr , Joseph J ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ROBOTICS; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0037316936     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04296-0     Document Type: Article

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