Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 8 , Pages 1622-1626 , August 2010

Thoracic neuroblastoma: a retrospective review of our institutional experience with comparison of the thoracoscopic and open approaches to resection

Received 29 October 2009 ,Revised 11 February 2010 ,Accepted 15 March 2010.

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☆ Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics Meeting, Section on Surgery, 2008 Boston, Mass.

PII: S0022-3468(10)00292-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.03.018

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 8 , Pages 1622-1626 , August 2010

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