Intraoperative pleural lavage for restaging of bronchogenic carcinoma;Lavaggio pleurico intraoperatorio nel restaging del carcinoma polmonare

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-69

  Pavia, R ^a   Mule V ^a   Angio L ^a   Monaco, F ^a   Smedile, F ^a   Fabiano, G ^a   Mondello, B ^a   Monaco, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, non small cell lung; Lung neoplasms surgery; Pleura, pathology; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; IRRIGATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURAL CAVITY; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037598750     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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