Operating on a suspicious lung mass without a preoperative tissue diagnosis: Pros and cons

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-237

  Sihoe, Alan D L ^a   Hiranandani, Raj ^a   Wong, Henry ^a   Yeung, Enoch S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Lung cancer diagnosis; Lung cancer surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG MASS; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEDGE RESECTION;

LUNG CANCER; LUNG CANCER DIAGNOSIS; LUNG CANCER SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880679416     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs671     Document Type: Article

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