A comparative analysis of video-assisted mediastinoscopy and conventional mediastinoscopy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1007-1011

  Cho, Jong Ho ^a   Kim, Jhingook ^a   Kim, Kwhanmien ^a   Choi, Yong Soo ^a   Kim, Hong Kwan ^a   Shim, Young Mog ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; VIDEO ASSISTED MEDIASTINOSCOPY;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 80052797956     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.032     Document Type: Article

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