Endobronchial ultrasound-facilitated video-assisted lobectomy with wedge bronchoplasty for typical carcinoid tumor of the right middle lobe

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1474-1476

  Kim, Min Peter ^a   Ernst, Armin ^a   DeCamp, Malcolm M ^a   Gangadharan, Sidhu P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoplasty; Carcinoid tumor; Endobronchial ultrasound; Lobectomy; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLASTY; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 45949103308     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1883     Document Type: Article

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