Comparison of open and minimally invasive thymectomies at a single institution

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 589-593

  Youssef, Samuel J ^a   Louie, Brian E ^a   Farivar, Alexander S ^a   Blitz, Maurice ^a   Aye, Ralph W ^a   Vallières, Eric ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Myasthenia gravis; Robotic; Thymectomy; Thymoma; VATS

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951915216     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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