Iatrogenic phrenic nerve injury during thymectomy: The extent of the problem

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Salati, Michele ^a   Cardillo, Giuseppe ^b   Carbone, Luigi ^b   Rea, Federico ^c   Marulli, Giuseppe ^c   Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Voltolini, Luca ^d   Gotti, Giuseppe ^d   Rocco, Gaetano ^e  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX SURGERY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77949490286     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.06.051     Document Type: Article

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