Evaluation of tracheo-bronchial wall invasion using transbronchial ultrasonography (TBUS)

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 570-574

  Tanaka, Fumihiro ^a   Muro, Kotaro ^a   Yamasaki, Seiji ^a   Watanabe, Go ^a   Shimada, Yutaka ^a   Imamura, Masayuki ^a   Hitomi, Shigeki ^b   Wada, Hiromi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Uenoyama 470 Nakano sho machi T   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Invasion; Tracheo bronchial wall; Transbronchial ultrasonography; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHI; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0034194253     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(00)00372-9     Document Type: Article

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