Complete video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy and its learning curve. A single center study introducing the technique in The Netherlands

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-180

  Belgers, Eric H J ^a   Siebenga, Jan ^a   Bosch, Anne Marie ^a   Van Haren, Eric H J ^a   Bollen, Ewald C M ^a  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Lobectomy; Lung cancer surgery; Thoracoscopy VATS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPLETE VIDEO ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75449101830     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.212878     Document Type: Article

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