Laser bronchoscopy in palliative treatment of malignant obstructing endobronchial tumors

ORL

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-47

  Sipilä, Jukka ^a   Scheinin, Harry ^a   Grenman, Reidar ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Laser bronchoscopy; Malignant endobronchial tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031894236     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027561     Document Type: Article

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