Postsurgical change in the tracheal bifurcation angle after upper lobectomy: Radiographic evaluation

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 644-649

  Kakeda, Shingo ^a   Kamada, Koji ^a   Aoki, Takatoshi ^a   Watanabe, Hideyuki ^a   Nakata, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchi; Lung neoplasms, surgery; Lung, anatomy; Thorax, radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG COLLAPSE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA;

EID: 0038012835     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80083-1     Document Type: Article

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