Current costs of video-assisted thoracic surgery(VATS) lobectomy

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages

  Lacin, Tunc ^a   Swanson, Scott ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Lobectomy; Quality of life; Video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84904902929     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.07.13     Document Type: Article

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