Routine surgical videothoracoscopy as the first step of the planned resection for lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1206-1212

  Vergani, Contardo ^a   Varoli, Federico ^a   Despini, Luca ^a   Harari, Sergio ^a   Mozzi, Enrico ^a   Roviaro, GianCarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM; PLEURA METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72149118181     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.055     Document Type: Article

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