Video-assisted thoracoscopic extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1088-1089

  Suda, Takashi ^a   Kitamura, Yuka ^a   Hasegawa, Sachiko ^a   Negi, Koji ^a   Hattori, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 34548822945     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.03.062     Document Type: Article

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