Metalloptysis: A late complication of lung volume reduction surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1694-1695

  Oey, Inger ^a   Waller, David A ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPLER; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

BRONCHI; COUGH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL STAPLERS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURES;

EID: 0035016530     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02303-1     Document Type: Article

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