Uniportal VATS for pneumothorax and interstitial lung disease

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages

  Salati, Michele ^a   Brunelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interstitial lung disease (ILD); Minimally invasive surgical procedure; Pneumothorax; Video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84892860437     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.07.07     Document Type: Article

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