P-198COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC TOTAL THYMECTOMY VERSUS OPEN TOTAL THYMECTOMY
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy.
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state, "there were no changes in the control group." This suggests that data of the control group were not compared with the data of the study groups, but data of different time points were compared within the group. It is therefore of interest that the number of five patients is too low, and with nonparametric data it is hard to dem¬ onstrate any statistically significant change. Additionally,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1569-9285,1569-9293
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt288.198