Videothoracoscopic resection of encapsulated thymic carcinoma: Retrospective comparison of the results between thoracoscopy and open methods

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2235-2238

  Cheng, Yu Jen ^a  

^a E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mediastinal neoplasms; Minimally invasive surgery; Thoracoscopy; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCAPSULATED THYMIC CARCINOMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STERNOTOMY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; TUMOR VOLUME; VIDEOTHORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 48149095499     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-9984-0     Document Type: Article

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