A modified bronchial anastomosis technique for lung transplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1697-1704

  Schröder, Carsten ^a   Scholl, Frank ^a   Daon, Emmanuel ^a   Goodwin, Andrea ^a   Frist, William H ^a   Roberts, John R ^a   Christian, Karla G ^a   Ninan, Mathew ^a   Milstone, Aaron P ^a   Loyd, James E ^a   Merrill, Walter H ^a   Pierson III, Richard N ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; STENOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037870542     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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