Comparison of surgical techniques for early-stage thymoma: Feasibility of minimally invasive thymectomy and comparison with open resection

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 694-701

  Pennathur, Arjun ^a   Qureshi, Irfan ^a   Schuchert, Matthew J ^a   Dhupar, Rajeev ^a   Ferson, Peter F ^a   Gooding, William E ^b   Christie, Neil A ^a   Gilbert, Sebastien ^a   Shende, Manisha ^a   Awais, Omar ^a   Greenberger, Joel S ^a   Landreneau, Rodney J ^a   Luketich, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

length of stay; LOS; MG; myasthenia gravis; VATS; video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPEN THYMECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 79951768227     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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