Self-Expandable Metallic Airway Stents and Flexible Bronchoscopy: Long-term Outcomes Analysis

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1993-1999

  Saad, Cynthia P ^a   Murthy, Sudish ^a   Krizmanich, Georgiann ^a   Mehta, Atul C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Benign diseases; Flexible bronchoscopy; Neoplasia; Self expandable metallic stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BENIGN TUMOR; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EXPANDABLE METALLIC AIRWAY STENT; STENT; TIME PERCEPTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0242636921     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.5.1993     Document Type: Article

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