Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy: Catastrophic intraoperative complications

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1412-1417

  Flores, Raja M ^a   Ihekweazu, Ugonna ^b   Dycoco, Joseph ^b   Rizk, Nabil P ^b   Rusch, Valerie W ^b   Bains, Manjit S ^b   Downey, Robert J ^b   Finley, David ^b   Adusumilli, Prasad ^b   Sarkaria, Inderpal ^b   Huang, James ^b   Park, Bernard ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRONCHUS INTERMEDIUS; COMPLETE STAPLE LINE DISRUPTION OF THE INFERIOR PULMONARY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY TRANSECTION; PULMONARY VENOUS TRANSECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA JUNCTION INJURY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 81255127523     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.09.028     Document Type: Article

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