Outcome of an original video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy for thymoma

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2000-2005

  Takeo, Sadanori ^a   Tsukamoto, Shuichi ^a   Kawano, Daigo ^a   Katsura, Masakazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PERICARDIUM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC EXTENDED THYMECTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 81855221324     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.054     Document Type: Article

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