Transxiphoid Bilateral Palpation in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Metastasectomy
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Transxiphoid bilateral palpation in video-assisted thoracoscopic lung metastasectomy.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate indications, limits, and merits of transxiphoid bilateral palpation during video-assisted thoracoscopy (VAT) lung metastasectomy. DESIGN Survey retrospective study with a minimum follow-up of 1 year. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS From December 1995 to September 1999, 29 of 45 patients operated on for pulmonary metastasectomy were approached through a transxip...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.136.7.783