Videothoracoscopic management of the solitary pulmonary nodule: A single-institution study on 429 cases

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1607-1611

  Cardillo, Giuseppe ^a   Regal, Mohamed ^b   Sera, Francesco ^b   Di Martino, Marco ^b   Carbone, Luigi ^b   Facciolo, Francesco ^b   Martelli, Massimo ^b  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 0037406306     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04827-0     Document Type: Article

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