Current status and future perspectives on minimally invasive esophagectomy

Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 241-248

  Kawakubo, Hirofumi ^a   Takeuchi, Hiryoya ^a   Kitagawa, Yuko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal neoplasms; Lymph node dissection; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Sentinel node navigation surgery; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884506331     PISSN: 2233601X     EISSN: 20936516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.4.241     Document Type: Article

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