Early and late airway complications after lung transplantation: Incidence and management

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1576-1583

  Kshettry, Vibhu R ^a,b   Kroshus, Timothy J ^a   Hertz, Marshall I ^a   Hunter, David W ^a   Shumway, Sara J ^a   Bolman III, R Morton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LASER; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030816311     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)83852-0     Document Type: Article

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