Thoracoscopic surgery in the management of pediatric malignancies: A multicentric survey of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1772-1775

  Esposito, C ^a   Lima, M ^b   Mattioli, G ^c   Mastroianni, L ^d   Riccipetitoni, G ^e   Monguzzi, G ^f   Zanon, G ^g   Cecchetto, G ^g   Settimi, A ^a   Jasonni, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d Ancona Hospital   (Italy)

^e ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Minimally invasive surgery; MIS; Oncology; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 34548634329     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9246-4     Document Type: Article

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