Minimally invasive chest wall resection: Sparing the overlying, uninvolved extrathoracic musculature of the chest

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1744-1747

  Cerfolio, Robert J ^a   Bryant, Ayesha S ^a   Minnich, Doug J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHYLOTHORAX; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBOID MUSCLE; RIB; SERRATUS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84867807894     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.132     Document Type: Article

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