Saber-sheath malacic trachea remodeled and fixed into a normal shape by long-term placement and then removal of Gianturco wire stent

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 597-598

  Fukai, Ichiro ^a   Yamakawa, Yosuke ^a   Kiriyama, Masanobu ^a   Kaji, Masahiro ^a   Yano, Motoki ^a   Sasaki, Hidefumi ^a   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SABER SHEATH TRACHEOMALACIA; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOMALACIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041657382     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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