Artificial pneumomediastinum facilitates thoracoscopic surgery in anterior mediastinum

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-412

  Utsumi, Tomoki ^a,d   Shiono, Hiroyuki ^b   Fukai, Ichiro ^c   Akashi, Akinori ^a  

^a Takarazuka Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SUZUKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mediastinal tumor; Preoperative care; Thymus; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTIFICIAL PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM CYST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; THYMUS CYST;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL CYST; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM, DIAGNOSTIC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249801196     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.147355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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