Natural orifice translumenal thoracoscopic surgery: Does the slow progress and the associated risks affect feasibility and potential clinical applications?

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Clark, James ^a   Sodergren, Mikael ^a   Correia Pinto, Jorge ^b   Zacharakis, Emmanouil ^a   Teare, Julian ^c   Yang, Guang Zhong ^d   Darzi, Ara ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive surgery; Natural orifice surgery; Natural orifice thoracic surgery; Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery; NOTES

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOLEAK; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY;

HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL; THORACIC CAVITY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 63249112740     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350608330712     Document Type: Article

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