Does Thoracoscopic Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer Affect Survival?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nwogu, Chukwumere E ^a   Yendamuri, Sai ^a   Demmy, Todd L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952298630     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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