Who performs complex noncardiac thoracic surgery in United States academic medical centers?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1060-1064

  Cooke, David T ^a,b   Wisner, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEVE LOBECTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866669511     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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