Transcervical-subxiphoid-videothoracoscopic "maximal" thymectomy - Operative technique and early results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 404-409

  Zieliński, Marcin ^a,c   Kuzdzał, Jarosław ^a   Szlubowski, Artur ^a   Soja, Jerzy ^b  

^a PULMONARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c 34 500 ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

13

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; TRANSCERVICAL SUBXIPHOID VIDEOTHORACOSCOPIC MAXIMAL THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REMISSION INDUCTION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242779985     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.021     Document Type: Article

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