Modified Dumon stent for the treatment of a bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 290-292

  Tayama, Kohsuke ^a,b   Eriguchi, Naofumi ^a,b   Futamata, Yasuhiko ^a,b   Harada, Hiroshi ^a,b   Yoshida, Atsushi ^a,b   Matsunaga, Akira ^a,b   Mitsuoka, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a Sasebo Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; POLIDOCANOL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ADENOFIBROMA; AGED; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; FISTULA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS;

EID: 0037232692     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04282-0     Document Type: Article

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