Transumbilical thoracic sympathectomy with an ultrathin flexible endoscope in a series of 38 patients

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2149-2155

  Zhu, Li Huan ^a   Wang, Wen ^a   Yang, Shengsheng ^a   Li, Dazhou ^a   Zhang, Zhijian ^a   Chen, Shengping ^a   Cheng, Xianjin ^a   Chen, Long ^a   Chen, Weisheng ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Natural orifice; Surgery; Thoracic sympathectomy; Transumbilical

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INCISION; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; THORACIC CAVITY; TRANSUMBILICAL DIAPHRAGMATIC THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROCAR; ULTRATHIN FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE;

EID: 84885069454     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2732-3     Document Type: Article

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