Determination of standard number, size and weight of mediastinal lymph nodes in postmortem examinations: Reflection on lung cancer surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ziyade, Sedat ^a   Pinarbasili, Nur B ^a   Ziyade, Nihan ^b   Akdemir, Osman C ^a   Sahin, Feyzi ^b   Soysal, Ömer ^a   Toker, Alper ^c  

^a BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bezmialem Vakif University ^*  (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Dissection; Lung cancer; Lymph node; Mediastinum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MEDIASTINUM;

EID: 84876073996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-94     Document Type: Article

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