Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for the treatment of lung cancer

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue ELECTRONICSUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 23-25

  Murthy, Sudish ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84866745076     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.79.s2.05     Document Type: Article

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