Unilateral thoracoscopic subtotal thymectomy for the treatment of stage I and II thymoma

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 824-826

  Odaka, Makoto ^a   Akiba, Tadashi ^a   Yabe, Mitsuo ^a   Hiramatsu, Miyako ^a   Matsudaira, Hideki ^a   Hirano, Jun ^a   Morikawa, Toshiaki ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Thoracoscope; Thymectomy; Thymoma; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TRANS STERNAL THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNILATERAL THORACOSCOPIC SUBTOTAL THYMECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949491666     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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