Effectiveness of the Fold Plication Method in Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 381-384

  Kuwahira, Ichiro ^a   Iwasaki, Masayuki ^a   Kaga, Kichizo ^a   Iwamoto, Tokuzen ^a   Tazaki, Gen ^a   Ishii, Makoto ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a   Ohta, Yasuyo ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Pulmonary emphysema; Respiratory function; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUTURE; THORACOSCOPY;

AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SUTURES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0034186470     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.381     Document Type: Article

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