The Surgeon
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 280-286 , October 2010

Recent advances in video-assisted thoracoscopic approach to posterior mediastinal tumours

Received 12 April 2010 ,Revised 29 May 2010 ,Accepted 1 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2010.06.001

The Surgeon
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 280-286 , October 2010

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