Bronchial anastomotic stricture caused by ossification of an intercostal muscle flap

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1700-1702

  Deeb, Maher E ^a   Sterman, Daniel H ^a   Shrager, Joseph B ^a   Kaiser, Larry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANASTOMOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034743954     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02583-2     Document Type: Article

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