Needle-guided mini-entry in video-assisted coronary artery bypass

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 644-646

  Ohtsuka, Toshiya ^a   Ninomiya, Mikio ^a   Maemura, Taisei ^a   Takamoto, Shinichi ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN TAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Access port; Mini thoracotomy; Minimally invasive coronary artery surgery; Video assisted needle guided technique

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEEDLE; PERICARDIOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; STROKE; TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX WALL; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 0141626603     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00380-4     Document Type: Article

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