The heat is on: Impact of endobronchial electrosurgery on the need for Nd-YAG laser photoresection

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 516-521

  Coulter, Terrence D ^a   Mehta, Atul C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Electrosurgery; Endobronchial; LPR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033875866     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.2.516     Document Type: Article

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