A review of 24 patients with bronchial ruptures: Is delay in diagnosis more common in children?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-383

  Ozdulger, Ali ^a,c   Cetin, Guven ^b   Gulhan, S Erkmen ^b   Topcu, Salih ^b   Tastepe, Irfan ^b   Kaya, Sadi ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital Ankara   (Turkey)

^c Egricam Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Children; Complete tears; Incomplete tears; Tracheobronchial rupture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS RUPTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRONCHI; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0037335244     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(02)00754-6     Document Type: Article

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