Tracheobronchomalacia: Untangling the Gordian knot

Journal of Bronchology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 239-244

  Murgu, Septimiu D ^a   Colt, Henri G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic bronchoscopy; Dynamic computed tomography; Excessive dynamic airway collapse; Morphometric bronchoscopy; Tracheobronchomalacia

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT;

BREATHING; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXCESSIVE DYNAMIC AIRWAY COLLAPSE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28044452405     PISSN: 10708030     EISSN: 15367959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.laboratory.0000185588.63895.5f     Document Type: Review

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