Minimally invasive thymus surgery;Minimal-invasive Chirurgie des Thymus

Chirurg

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-25

  Ruckert J C ^a   Ismail, M ^a   Swierzy, M ^a   Braumann, C ^a   Badakhshi, H ^a   Rogalla, P ^a   Meisel, A ^a   Ruckert R I ^a   Muller J M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Myasthenia gravis; Robotic assisted; Thoracoscopic; Thymectomy; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS; STERNUM; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROBOTICS; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39149122165     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00104-007-1440-3     Document Type: Article

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