Hand-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1665-1667

  Wright, Gavin M ^a   Peter Clarke, C ^a   Paiva, Joseph M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HAND ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; LUNG; METHODOLOGY;

HUMANS; LUNG; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0242500466     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04626-X     Document Type: Article

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