منابع مشابه
Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy
− 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: Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1522-2942
DOI: 10.1053/j.optechstcvs.2012.07.002