Is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery an optimal approach for descending necrotizing mediastinitis? [3]

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 751-

  Endo, Shunsuke ^a   Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sato, Yukio ^a   Sohara, Yasunori ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LETTER; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NECROSIS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 13244272127     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.135     Document Type: Letter

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