Thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph node dissection using an endoscopic spacer

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-283

  Akiba, Tadashi ^a   Marushima, Hideki ^a   Hirano, Kyoji ^b   Morikawa, Toshiaki ^c  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic spacer; Lung cancer; Lymph node dissection; Thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SURGICAL SPONGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURGICAL SPONGES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865808450     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.nm.11.01729     Document Type: Article

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