Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: A Comparative Atlas
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 112-123 , Summer 2009

Surgical Mediastinal Lymph Node Sampling for Staging of Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

  • Jeffrey J. Siracuse, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Malcolm M. DeCamp Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, MD, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 185 Pilgrim Road, Deaconess 201, Boston, MA 02215

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doi: 10.1053/j.optechstcvs.2009.06.003

Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: A Comparative Atlas
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 112-123 , Summer 2009

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