Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy for the treatment of myasthenia gravis;Timectomía videotoracoscópica para el tratamiento de la miastenia gravis

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 409-413

  Loscertales, J ^a   Ayarra Jarne, J ^a   Congregado, M ^a   Arroyo Tristan A ^a   Jimenez Merchan R ^a   Giron Arjona J C ^a   Arenas Linares, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Thymectomy; Video assisted thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4744365555     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2896(04)75560-X     Document Type: Article

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