Video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy (VAMLA)

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-369

  Witte, Biruta ^a   Hürtgen, Martin ^a  

^a Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Mediastinal lymph nodes; Mediastinal staging; Mediastinoscopy; VAMLA; Videomediastinoscopy

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEO ASSISTED MEDIASTINOSCOPIC LYMPHADENECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX SURGERY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 34247869801     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JTO.0000263725.89512.d7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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