Treatment of persistent air leakage with endobronchial one-way valves

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 711-712

  Anile, Marco ^a   Venuta, Federico ^a   De Giacomo, Tiziano ^a   Rendina, Erino Angelo ^a   Diso, Daniele ^a   Pugliese, Francesco ^a   Ruberto, Franco ^a   Coloni, Giorgio Furio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; PERSISTENT AIR LEAK; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; BRONCHI; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33747778423     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.05.027     Document Type: Article

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