Size and morphology of the trachea before and after lung volume reduction surgery

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 315-321

  Leader, Joseph K ^a   Rogers, Robert M ^a   Fuhrman, Carl R ^a   Sciurba, Frank C ^a   Zheng, Bin ^a   Thompson, Paul F ^a   Weissfeld, Joel L ^b   Golla, Sara K ^a   Gur, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 3242807352     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.2.1830315     Document Type: Article

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