Combined bronchoscopy, mediastinoscopy, and thoracotomy for lung cancer: Who benefits?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 850-856

  Kim, Kwhanmien ^a   Rice, Thomas W ^a   Murthy, Sudish C ^a   DeCamp, Malcolm M ^a   Pierce, Christopher D ^a   Karchmer, Daniel P ^a   Rybicki, Lisa A ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Meyers, Bryan F ^b   Jaklitsch, Michael T ^b   Krasna, Mark J ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cleveland Clinic Foundation ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 12144289611     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.020     Document Type: Article

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