Tracheobronchial stent insertions in the management of major airway obstruction in a patient with Hunter syndrome (type-II mucopolysaccharidosis)

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 458-462

  Davitt, S M ^a   Hatrick, A ^a   Sabharwal, Tarun ^a,b   Pearce, A ^a   Gleeson, M ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Interventional radiology; Mucopolysacchari doses; Stents

Indexed keywords

METAL; PLASTIC;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUNTER SYNDROME; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SYMPTOM; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BALLOON DILATATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS II; RECURRENCE; STENTS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0036481740     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100932     Document Type: Article

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