Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open lobectomy for stage I lung cancer: A meta-analysis of long-term outcomes

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 886-892

  Li, Zhengjun ^a   Liu, Hongxu ^a   Li, Le ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Meta analysis; Open lobectomy; Prognosis; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; META ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84863359566     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.485     Document Type: Article

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