Multiple pellets expectoration: Bronchial repair by using a costal cartilage graft

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 268-269

  Oǧuzkaya, Fahri ^a   Akçali, Yigit ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bronchial repair; Pellet expectoration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMATOPNEUMOTHORAX; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB CARTILAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

EID: 0042386552     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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