A three-dimensional mediastinal model created with rapid prototyping in a patient with ectopic thymoma

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-89

  Akiba, Tadashi ^a   Nakada, Takeo ^a   Inagaki, Takuya ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic thymoma; Rapid prototyping technique; Thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CASE REPORT; CHORISTOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; CHORISTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923082467     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.nm.13-00342     Document Type: Article

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