Benign posterior mediastinal neurogenic tumors: Results of a comparative study into video-assisted thoracic surgery and thoracotomy (13 years' experience)

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 473-475

  Cansever, L ^a   Kocaturk, C I ^a   Cinar, H U ^a   Bedirhan, M A ^a  

^a Yedikule Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

schwannoma; thoracic surgery; thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, NERVE TISSUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 78649505617     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250376     Document Type: Article

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