Novel thoracoscopic approach to posterior mediastinal goiters: Report of two cases

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Al Mufarrej, Faisal ^a   Margolis, Marc ^a,b   Tempesta, Barbara ^b   Strother, Eric ^a   Gharagozloo, Farid ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSTERNAL GOITER; ROBOTICS; THORACOSCOPY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOITER, SUBSTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; ROBOTICS; THORACOSCOPY; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55949086879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-3-55     Document Type: Article

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