Anterior transclavicular approach to malignant tumors of the thoracic inlet: Importance of the scapulothoracic articulation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 801-803

  de Perrot, Marc ^a   Rampersaud, Raja ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CANCER SURGERY; CLAVICLE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LUNG CANCER; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WOUND HEALING;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; HUMANS; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34548127662     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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