Surgical management of lung metastases. Usefulness of resection with the neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser with median sternotomy

Between May 1969 and September 1989, 677 metastatic lesions were resected during 107 operations in 100 patients with pulmonary metastases from various primary sites at the Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka, Japan. Of those patients, 65 underwent conventional lateral thoracotomy, and 35 patients had m...

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