Mediastinal parathyroidectomy with the da Vinci robot: Presentation of a new technique

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1831-1832

  Bodner, J ^a,b   Profanter, C ^a,b   Prommegger, R ^a,b   Greiner, A ^a,c   Margreiter, R ^a,b   Schmid, Thomas ^a,b  

^a Innsbruck University Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Universitatsklinik fur Chirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINAL PARATHYROIDECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 2642511596     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.12.036     Document Type: Article

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