Life-saving muscle flaps in tracheobronchial dehiscence following resection or trauma

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 351-355

  Smolle Juettner, F M ^a   Pierer, G ^b   Schwarzl, F ^b   Pinter, H ^a   Ratzenhofer, B ^a   Prause, G ^a   Friehs, G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bronchial defect; Closure; Muscle flap; Sepsis; Tracheal defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BRONCHI; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; THORACOSTOMY; TRACHEA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030883707     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00180-2     Document Type: Article

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