Bilateral lung transplantation via two sequential anterolateral thoracotomies

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 658-662

  Taghavi, Shahrokh ^a   Bîrsan, Tudor ^a   Pereszlenyi, Arpad ^a   Kupilik, Natascha ^a   Deviatko, Elena ^a   Wisser, Wilfried ^a   Steltzer, Heinz ^a   Klepetko, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thoracotomy; Bilateral sequential lung transplantation; Clam shell incision; Minimal invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; PLEURA CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0344258116     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(99)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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