Flexible bronchoscopy: A safe method for metal stent implantation in bronchial disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 398-401

  Hautmann, Hubert ^a   Bauer, Martin ^a   Pfeifer, Klaus J ^a   Huber, Rudolf M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPIROMETRY; STENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034005943     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01398-3     Document Type: Article

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