Initial experience of video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy with partial removal of the pulmonary artery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 996-1000

  Nakanishi, Ryoichi ^a   Yamashita, Toshihiro ^a   Oka, Soichi ^a  

^a Shin Kokura Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Endoscopic procedures; Lobectomy (lung); Lung cancer; Minimally invasive surgery; Non small cell lung cancer; Pulmonary arteries; Video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 57349184091     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.184564     Document Type: Article

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