Uncommon complication of arterial switch operation: Tracheobronchial compression

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 927-929

  Toker, Alper ^a   Tireli, Emin ^a   Bostancı, Korkut ^a   Özcan, Vural ^a   Dayıoğlu, Enver ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

BRONCHIAL DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0034071675     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01400-9     Document Type: Article

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