Bronchial obstruction after upper lobectomy: Kinked bronchus relieved by stenting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 235-237

  Van Leuven, Marc ^a   Clayman, Julie A ^a   Snow, Norman ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

AGED; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; STENTS;

EID: 0032799657     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00366-5     Document Type: Article

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