The relevance of surgical therapy for bilateral and/or multiple pulmonary metastases in children

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 84-89

  Häcker, Franck Martin ^a   Schweinitz, D V ^a,c   Gambazzi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral multiple pulmonary metastases; Childhood; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMIHEPATECTOMY; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; OSTEOSARCOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 34447272706     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-964873     Document Type: Article

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