The best for bronchial stapling in left and right upper lobectomies: A comparative study

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 131-133

  Akamatsu, H ^a,b   Terashima, M ^a   Koike, T ^a   Takizawa, T ^a   Kurita, Y ^a  

^a NIIGATA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial stapling; Cough; Deformity of the residual bronchus; Residual cartilaginous ring; Upper lobe bronhus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DEFORMITY; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPLER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL STAPLING;

AGED; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 0030610191     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013704     Document Type: Article

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