Long-term survival analysis of the canadian lung volume reduction surgery trial

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1217-1222

  Agzarian, John ^a   Miller, John D ^a   Kosa, Sarah D ^a   Malthaner, Richard ^b   Tan, Lawrence ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TELEPHONE;

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AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885330630     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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