Thoracic neuroblastoma: A retrospective review of our institutional experience with comparison of the thoracoscopic and open approaches to resection

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1622-1626

  Malek, Marcus M ^a   Mollen, Kevin P ^a   Kane, Timothy D ^a   Shah, Sohail R ^a   Irwin, Chetan ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroblastoma; Pediatric; Thoracoscopy; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ETHNICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROBLASTOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC NEUROBLASTOMA; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROBLASTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955858349     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.03.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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