Clinical and laboratory evaluation of a new thin-walled self-expanding tracheobronchial silicone stent: Progress and pitfalls

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 527-534

  Wassermann, K ^a   Koch, A ^a   Muller Ehmsen, J ^a   Reuter, M ^a   Michel, O ^a   Eckel, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; STENT; THORAX SURGERY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOMALACIA;

EID: 0030846883     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70040-0     Document Type: Article

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