LigaSure meets endobronchial valve in a case of lung cancer with pneumoconiosis

Translational Lung Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 308-310

  Fiorelli, Alfonso ^a   Accardo, Marina ^a   Vicidomini, Giovanni ^a   Santini, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Endobronchial valve; LigaSure; Lung; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959875152     PISSN: 22186751     EISSN: 22264477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-6751.2012.12.09     Document Type: Article

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