Left Postpneumonectomy Syndrome Successfully Treated with Endobronchial Stent

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 880-883

  Nakamura, Yoshinori ^a   Ohata, Masahiro ^a   Kawabe, Kazumi ^a   Ueda, Akiko ^a   Itoh, Kohji ^a   Fujimoto, Hisashi ^a   Kishi, Kazushi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATELECTASIS; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHUS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PATHOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; STENT; TIME;

AGED; ATELECTASIS; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHI; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032177689     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.880     Document Type: Article

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