Thoracoscopic resection of a solitary pulmonary nodule in patients with a known history of malignancy

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 418-421

  Laisaar, Tanel ^a   Vooder, T ^a   Umbleja, T ^b  

^a TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Lung metastasis; Solitary pulmonary nodule; VATS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049098973     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038347     Document Type: Article

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