Cost analysis of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) versus thoracotomy: critical review

P. E. Van Schil (Edegem, Belgium)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Surgery for chest neoplasms and VATS
Session: Surgery for chest neoplasms and VATS
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 2324
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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