Inclusion of the transcervical approach in video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy (VATET) for myasthenia gravis: A prospective trial

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1614-1618

  Shigemura, N ^a   Shiono, H ^a   Inoue, M ^a   Minami, M ^a   Ohta, M ^b   Okumura, M ^a   Matsuda, H ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Kinki Chuo Hospital for Chest Diseases   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extended thymectomy; Germinal center; Myasthenia gravis; Thoracoscopic; Transcervical approach; VATET; VATS thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX WALL; THYMECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 33749027512     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0614-7     Document Type: Article

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