Feasibility of latissimus dorsi and serratus anterior muscle-sparing vertical thoracotomy in general thoracic surgery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 456-459

  Kim, Doosang ^a   Park, Sunghyuk ^a  

^a Seoul Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Vertical thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATELECTASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECORTICATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FROZEN SHOULDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LEWIS CARCINOMA; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PECTORAL MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEROMA; SERRATUS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 4143147381     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.01.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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