Surgical treatment of post-traumatic tracheobronchial injuries: 14-Year experience

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 984-989

  Balci, Akin Eraslan ^a   Eren, Nesimi ^a   Eren, Şevval ^a   Ülkü, Refik ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Tracheobronchial injury

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MORBIDITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; STRIDOR; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0036897163     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00591-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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