The Montgomery T-tube tracheal stent

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 437-443

  Wahidi, Momen M ^a   Ernst, Armin ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T TUBE; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEAL STENT; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141763941     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(03)00042-X     Document Type: Review

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