A new tissue-sealing technique using the ligasure system for nonanatomical pulmonary resection: Preliminary results of sutureless and stapleless thoracoscopic surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1415-1418

  Shigemura, Norihisa ^a   Akashi, Akinori ^b   Nakagiri, Tomoyuki ^b   Ohta, Mitsunori ^b   Matsuda, Hikaru ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIGASURE VESSEL SEALING SYSTEM; LUNG BULLA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 1842584770     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01054-3     Document Type: Article

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