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The "cut-in patch-out" technique for Pancoast tumor resections results in postoperative pain reduction: a case control study

BACKGROUND: Since 2001 we have utilized a novel surgical approach for Pancoast tumors in which lobectomy and mediastinal lymph node dissection are performed directly though the chest wall defect. The defect is then patched at the completion of the procedure ("cut-in patch-out") thereby avo...

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Autores principales: Weber, Daniel J, Okereke, Ikenna C, Birdas, Thomas J, Ceppa, DuyKhanh P, Rieger, Karen M, Kesler, Kenneth A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4180969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25265907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-014-0163-z