Performance of a self-expanding silicone stent in palliation of benign airway conditions

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1419-1423

  Gildea, Thomas R ^a   Murthy, Sudish C ^a   Sahoo, Debashish ^a   Mason, David P ^a   Mehta, Atul C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central airway obstruction; Lung transplantation; Polyflex stent; Silicone stent

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STENT; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOMALACIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751202991     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.5.1419     Document Type: Article

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