Resection of anterior mediastinal tumor through a ministernotomy: Preliminary experience with ten cases

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 432-434

  Icard, Philippe ^a   Le Page, Olivier ^a   Massetti, Massimo ^a   Alkofer, Barbara ^a   Le Rochais, Jean Philippe ^a   Khayat, André ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MINISTERNOTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037328815     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.136     Document Type: Article

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