Completion pneumonectomy: Experience in eighty patients
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منابع مشابه
Surgical results of completion pneumonectomy.
PURPOSE We report our experience with completion pneumonectomy (CP). METHODS We report on operative procedure and morbidity, mortality, and survival rates. RESULTS CP was performed for malignancy in 12 patients and postoperative complications after the first operation in 4 patients. Intrapericardial dissection of vessels was performed in 14 patients (87.5%). Partial vertebrectomy from the s...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(99)70245-x