The value of video-assisted mediastinoscopy in pulmonary metastasectomy

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 351-354

  Menon, Ashvini ^a   Milton, Richard ^a   Thorpe, James Andrew Charles ^a   Papagiannopoulos, Kostas ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mediastinal lymph nodes; Pulmonary metastasectomy; Video mediastinoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 34347385187     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.04.031     Document Type: Article

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