Endobronchial stent for malignant airway obstructions

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 615-617

  Yerushalmi, Rinat ^a,b   Fenig, Eyal ^a,b   Shitrit, David ^a,b   Bendayan, Danielle ^a,b   Sulkes, Aaron ^a,b   Flex, Dov ^a,b   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ambulatory procedure; Bachytherapy; Endobronchial stent; High dose rate; Malignant obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SEDATION; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749056588     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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