Surgical approach for repair of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms and postoperative respiratory function

Surgery Today

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 968-970

  Oshima, Kiyohiro ^a   Ishikawa, Susumu ^a   Hamada, Yoshiro ^a   Sakata, Kazuhiro ^a   Koyano, Tetsuya ^a   Kano, Motoi ^a   Morishita, Yasuo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Postoperative respiratory function; Surgical approach; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; INCISION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; STERNUM; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0035208260     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950170004     Document Type: Article

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