Role of video-assisted thoracic surgery in the evaluation and management of thoracic injuries

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 292-294

  Potaris, Konstantinos ^a   Mihos, Petros ^a   Gakidis, Ioannis ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chest trauma; Thoracic; VATS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; EMPYEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24644494149     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.106914     Document Type: Article

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