Airway stenting for malignant and benign tracheobronchial stenosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 167-174

  Wood, Douglas E ^a   Liu, Yun Hen ^a   Vallières, Eric ^a   Karmy Jones, Riyad ^a   Mulligan, Michael S ^a   Allen, Mark S ^b   Kohman, Leslie J ^b   Fernando, Hiran C ^b   Klepetko, Walter ^b   Friedberg, Joseph S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Box 356310 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037662177     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00033-X     Document Type: Article

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