Left video-assisted thoracic surgery thymectomy
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Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery thymectomy.
A 47-year-old gentleman presented with an incidental discovery of a 2.5-cm anterior mediastinal mass. Following radiological review, the diagnosis of likely thymoma is made and the patient is referred for surgical resection. The patient is currently self-employed and working as a carpenter. He is very concerned about the possibility of having a sternotomy as it would impact on his recovery and ...
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− 1 − *Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine Corresponding author: Kwhanmien Kim, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, 50, Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea (Tel) 82-2-3410-3485 (Fax) 82-2-3410-6986 (E-mail) kmkim0070@skku...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Visualized Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2221-2965
DOI: 10.21037/jovs.2017.02.13