Azygos Lobe: A Difficulty in Video-Assisted Thoracic Sympathectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Kauffman, Paulo ^a   Wolosker, Nelson ^a   de Campos, José Ribas Milanez ^a   Yazbek, Guilherme ^a   Jatene, Fábio Biscegli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GANGLION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LOBE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; LUNG; MALE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952304635     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.030     Document Type: Article

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