Does Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Warrant Fast Tracking of Thoracic Surgical Patients?

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-304

  Cerfolio, Robert J ^a   Bryant, Ayesha S ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TUBE;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 48449102090     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2008.05.002     Document Type: Review

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