Application of the fold plication method for unilateral lung volume reduction in pulmonary emphysema

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 815-817

  Iwasaki, Masayuki ^a   Nishiumi, Noboru ^a   Kaga, Kichizo ^a   Kanazawa, Masahiro ^a   Kuwahira, Ichiro ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPHYSEMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG VOLUME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0032914763     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01302-2     Document Type: Article

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