Troubleshooting video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1744-1752

  Demmy, Todd L ^a   James, Ted A ^b   Swanson, Scott J ^b   McKenna Jr , Robert J ^b   D'Amico, Thomas A ^b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 18144415417     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.05.015     Document Type: Article

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