Surgical Techniques to Avoid Parenchymal Injury During Lung Resection (Fissureless Lobectomy)

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-369

  Balsara, Keki R ^a   Balderson, S Scott ^a   D'Amico, Thomas A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lobectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Outcomes; Surgical complications; Thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

LOBECTOMY; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VENTILATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DISSECTION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL STAPLING; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

DISSECTION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954378204     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2010.04.002     Document Type: Review

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