Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Diagnosis and Treatment of Intrathoracic Conditions

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-310

  Salati, Michele ^a   Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Rocco, Gaetano ^b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LESION; LUNG RESECTION; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; PARESTHESIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 48449101983     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2008.04.005     Document Type: Review

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