Airway obstruction complicating esophageal stent placement in two post-pneumonectomy patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Farivar, Alexander S ^a,b   Vallières, Eric ^a   Kowdley, Kris V ^a   Wood, Douglas E ^a   Mulligan, Michael S ^a  

^a Washington Technology Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MESOTHELIOMA; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; STENTS; TRACHEA;

EID: 3242769792     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.118     Document Type: Article

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