Inverse T incision provides improved accessibility to the upper mediastinum

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 221-223

  Marta, Gabriel Mihai ^a   Aigner, Clemens ^a   Klepetko, Walter ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIRUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; INVERSE T INCISION; MEDIASTINUM; MESENCHYMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY;

FEMALE; FIBROMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNUM; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144335225     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.04.036     Document Type: Article

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