Moving beyond the boundary: The emerging role of video-assisted thoracic surgery for bronchoplastic resections

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1170-1172

  Bertolaccini, Luca ^a   Viti, Andrea ^b   Terzi, Alberto ^a  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carinal resection; Sleeve lobectomy; Video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIAL SLEEVE LOBECTOMY; BRONCHOPLASTY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURING METHOD; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84907696265     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.16     Document Type: Editorial

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