Surgical Approaches for Invasive Tumors of the Anterior Mediastinum

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-284

  D'Andrilli, Antonio ^a   Venuta, Federico ^b   Rendina, Erino A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediastinal tumors; Surgical approaches; Vascular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICOMEDIASTINAL TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINOTOMY; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX TUMOR; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY; TUMOR BIOPSY; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STERNOTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 77951687535     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2010.02.002     Document Type: Review

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