Penetration to the aortic wall by a metallic airway stent. A successfully treated case with left pneumonectomy and aortic repair

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 473-475

  Shiraishi, T ^a   Shirakusa, T ^a   Ninomiya, H ^a,b   Hiratsuka, M ^a   Yamamoto, S ^a   Iwasaki, A ^a   Tashiro, T ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway stenosis; Airways; Aortic repair; Pneumonectomy; Stents

Indexed keywords

METAL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA WALL; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AORTA; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; METALS; PNEUMONECTOMY; STENTS;

EID: 29244436671     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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