Polymer self-locking clips for vascular control during minimally invasive pulmonary lobectomies

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Lucchi, Marco ^a   Duranti, Leonardo ^a   Melfi, Franca ^a   Mussi, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 77950916324     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.12.026     Document Type: Article

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