Thoracoscopy versus the open approach for resection of solitary pulmonary metastases

Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 151-157

  Naunheim, Keith S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 34248168933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-474-8_18     Document Type: Chapter

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