Cost reduction in video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in infants.
OBJECTIVE Congenital lung malformations are often discovered on routine prenatal sonography or postnatal imaging. Lesions such as congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation or pulmonary sequestration may be asymptomatic at birth, and their management is controversial. Thoracoscopy in children has been mainly used for lung biopsy and for the treatment of empyema and recurrent pneumothorax. Very ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2519-0792
DOI: 10.21037/vats.2018.12.06