Adopting a standardized anterior approach significantly increases video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy rates

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-105

  McElnay, Philip ^a   Casali, Gianluca ^a   Batchelor, Tim ^a   West, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lobectomy; Lung cancer; Thoracoscopic; Training; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SLEEVE RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORACOTOMY; THORAX WALL; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; EDUCATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84903767189     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt561     Document Type: Article

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