Management of the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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Management of solitary pulmonary nodule.
OBJECTIVES The pulmonary nodule is an important diagnostic and therapeutic problem. Diagnostic certainty is only obtained by histological examination. Mini-invasive surgery allows removal of the nodule with minimal sequelae for the patient. METHODS From October 1991 to December 2006, 370 resections for a pulmonary nodule were performed at our Department of General Surgery of the University of...
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From the Center for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y. (D.O., A.M.F., S.H.F.); New York University School of Medicine, New York (D.O., S.H.F.); and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook (A.M.F.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Ost at the Center for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, 3...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0003-9985,1543-2165
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2016-0307-ra