Robotic extended thymectomy for early-stage thymomas

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Mussi, Alfredo ^a   Fanucchi, Olivia ^a   Davini, Federico ^a   Lucchi, Marco ^a   Picchi, Alessandro ^a   Ambrogi, Marcello Carlo ^a   Melfi, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive surgery; Robotics; Thymoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTIC EXTENDED THYMECTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862313325     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr322     Document Type: Article

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