Technique of the transcervical-subxiphoid-videothoracoscopic maximal thymectomy

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 168-172

  Zielinski, Marcin ^a,b   Hauer, Łukasz ^a   Kuzdzał, Jaroslaw ^a   Sosnicki, Witold ^a   Harazda, Maria ^a   Pankowski, Juliusz ^a   Nabiałek, Tomasz ^a   Szlubowski, Artur ^a  

^a PULMONARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Mediastinum; Myasthenia; Thymectomy; Thymus; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery; Videothoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849095788     PISSN: 09729941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.38911     Document Type: Article

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