Right upper lobe venous drainage posterior to the bronchus intermedius: Preoperative identification by computed tomography

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1866-1871

  Asai, Katsuyuki ^a   Urabe, Norikazu ^b   Yajima, Kiyoshige ^b   Suzuki, Kazuya ^b   Kazui, Teruhisa ^b  

^a NUMAZU CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRONCHUS; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG LOBE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INJURY;

EID: 20444372307     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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