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. 2012 May;1(1):105-8.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2012.04.21.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy: the Edinburgh posterior approach

Jonathan Oparka  1 , Tristan D Yan, Jennifer M J Richards, William S Walker
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy: the Edinburgh posterior approach

Jonathan Oparka et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2012 May.
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Figure 1
Relationship between the tumour and aorta
Figure 2
Figure 2
Relationship between the tumour and pulmonary artery
Video 1
Video 1
VATS pneumonectomy: the Edinburgh posterior approach
Figure 3
Figure 3
Port placement
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