Initial experience of video assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy.
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Initial experience of video assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy.
BACKGROUND Preliminary experience of video assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy in six patients with bronchogenic carcinoma is described. METHODS Four left and two right pneumonectomies were performed under video thoracoscopic imaging. Thoracoscopic instruments were passed through two separate stab incisions on the lateral chest wall and a separate 6 cm submammary incision was also created to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.50.4.392