Chest wall resection and reconstruction: A true thoracoscopic approach

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 399-402

  Abicht, Travis O ^a   De Hoyos, Alberto L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall resection; Thoracoscopic chest wall reconstruction; VATS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOSARCOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; THORAX WALL RESECTION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84857886567     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e31824926c1     Document Type: Article

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