Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in the Treatment of Chest Trauma: Long-Term Benefit

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 383-387

  Ben Nun, Alon ^a   Orlovsky, Michael ^a   Best, Lael Anson ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846355218     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.09.082     Document Type: Article

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