Quality of life after anterior mediastinal mass resection: A prospective study comparing open with robotic-assisted thoracoscopic resection

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 543-548

  Balduyck, Bram ^a   Hendriks, Jeroen M ^a   Lauwers, Patrick ^a   Mercelis, Rudy ^a   Ten Broecke, Pieter ^a   Van Schil, Paul ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anterior mediastinal tumour; Da Vinci robot system; Quality of life; Sternotomy; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QOL QUESTIONNAIRE C30; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KELOID; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER SPECIFIC MODULE LC 13; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHRENIC NERVE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ROBOTIC ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; ROLE CHANGE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL STATUS; STERNOTOMY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX PAIN; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS CYST; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VEIN DISEASE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOTICS; STERNOTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952510085     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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