Management of tracheobronchial stenosis: Is there an enlightened path?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 505-507

  Williams, T J ^a   Knight, S ^b   Pierce, R ^c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NICKEL; SILVER NITRATE; TITANIUM;

ARGON LASER; BALLOON DILATATION; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CAUTERIZATION; CRYOTHERAPY; EDITORIAL; EXTUBATION; GOITER; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; SPIROMETRY; STENT; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TUBERCULOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; YAG LASER;

BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DILATATION; HUMANS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035758646     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2001.00147.x     Document Type: Editorial

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