Refractory post-transplant airway strictures: Successful management with wire stents

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 842-850

  Lonchyna, Vassyl A ^a   Arcidi Jr , Joseph M ^a   Garrity Jr , Edward R ^a   Simpson, Kevin ^a   Alex, Charles ^a   Yeldandi, Vijay ^a   Bakhos, Mamdouh ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway complication; Balloon dilation; Bronchial stricture; Lung transplantation; Silicone stents; Wire stents

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS PERFORATION; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHI; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS;

EID: 0032780641     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(99)00091-3     Document Type: Article

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