Near-infrared fluorescence imaging can help identify the contralateral phrenic nerve during robotic thymectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 622-625

  Wagner, Oliver J ^a   Louie, Brian E ^a   Vallières, Eric ^a   Aye, Ralph W ^a   Farivar, Alexander S ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; PERICARDIOPHRENIC NEUROVASCULAR BUNDLE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE; ROBOTICS; THYMECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864248940     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.119     Document Type: Article

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