Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) of the lung: Analysis of intraoperative and postoperative complications over 15 years and review of the literature

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 298-310

  Solaini, L ^a,a   Prusciano, F ^a   Bagioni, P ^a   Di Francesco, F ^a   Poddie, D B ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLE CROCI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intraoperative complications; Lobectomy; Pneumonectomy; Postoperative complications; Pulmonary surgery; Surgical biopsy; Video assisted thoracic surgery; Wedge resection

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; EXCISION; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SURGERY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUNG DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39049165118     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9586-0     Document Type: Review

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