Cervical video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using a flexible endoscope for bilateral thoracoscopy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1321-1323

  Liberman, Moishe ^a   Khereba, Mohamed ^a   Goudie, Eric ^a   Tahiri, Mehdi ^a   Forcillo, Jessica ^a   Gauthier, Alain ^a   Thiffault, Vicky ^a   Duranceau, André ^a   Ferraro, Pasquale ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPERATION DURATION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURODESIS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; TALC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 84859062053     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.11.068     Document Type: Article

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