Comparison of robotic and nonrobotic thoracoscopic thymectomy: A cohort study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 673-677

  Rückert, Jens C ^a   Swierzy, Marc ^a   Ismail, Mahmoud ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

MGFA; Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONROBOTIC THORACOSCOPIC THYMECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTIC THORACOSCOPIC THYMECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMECTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951748507     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.11.042     Document Type: Article

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