Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery versus Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Thymectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Augustin, Florian ^a   Schmid, Thomas ^a   Sieb, Michael ^a   Lucciarini, Paolo ^a   Bodner, Johannes ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS DISEASE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38349103394     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.079     Document Type: Article

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