Bronchoscopic removal of foreign bodies in adults: Experience with 62 patients from 1974-1998

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 792-795

  Debeljak, A ^a   Sorli J ^a   Music E ^a   Kecelj, P ^a  

^a University Clinic for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Foreign bodies; Lung diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032728524     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.14d11.x     Document Type: Article

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