Combined mediastinal node assessment by lymphadenectomy and intraoperative mediastinoscopy

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 374-377

  Nakano, Noboru ^a   Miyauchi, Katsutoshi ^b   Horiuchi, Atsushi ^b   Kawachi, Kanji ^b   Witte, Biruta ^c   Huertgen, Martin ^c  

^a Kinan Hospital   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Lymphadenectomy; Mediastinoscopy; Staging; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 24644475136     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.108944     Document Type: Article

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