Endobronchial argon plasma coagulation for treatment of hemoptysis and neoplastic airway obstruction

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 781-787

  Morice, Rodolfo C ^a   Ece, Turhan ^a   Ece, Ferah ^a   Keus, Leendert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Argon plasma coagulation; Bronchial neoplasms; Bronchoscopy; Electrocoagulation; Endobronchial therapy; Hemoptysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035097488     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.3.781     Document Type: Article

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