Thoracoscopic sleeve resection-the better approach?

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1164-1166

  Ng, Calvin S H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONVALESCENCE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ACCESSORY; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPIC SLEEVE RESECTION; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84907706769     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.07.28     Document Type: Editorial

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