Management of obstructing pulmonary broncholithiasis with three-dimensional imaging and holmium laser lithotripsy

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 909-912

  Ferguson, J Scott ^a,b   Rippentrop, Jonathan M ^a   Fallon, Bernard ^a   Ross, Alan F ^a   McLennan, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Bronchoscopy; Lasers; Lithiasis; Lithotripsy; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHUS STONE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33748848486     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.3.909     Document Type: Article

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