Application of robotic-assisted techniques to the surgical evaluation and treatment of the anterior mediastinum

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 450-455

  Savitt, Michael A ^a   Gao, Guangquiang ^a   Furnary, Anthony P ^a   Swanson, Jeffrey ^a   Gately, Hugh L ^a   Handy, John R ^a  

^a Providence Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS CYST; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ROBOTICS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13244251185     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.07.022     Document Type: Article

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