The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 613-618 , September 2009

A novel method for determining adjacent lung segments with infrared thoracoscopy

  • Noriyuki Misaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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  • Sung Soo Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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  • Masashi Gotoh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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  • Yasumichi Yamamoto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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  • Katashi Satoh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences, Kagawa, Japan
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  • Hiroyasu Yokomise, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Hiroyasu Yokomise, MD, PhD, Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.

Received 7 August 2008 ,Revised 4 December 2008 ,Accepted 4 January 2009.

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PII: S0022-5223(09)00113-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.01.003

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 613-618 , September 2009

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