Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgical Lobectomy: The Potential Oncological Benefit of Surgical Immunomodulation

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-115

  Whitson, Bryan A ^a   D'Cunha, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; PNEUMONECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78449313861     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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