Bronchoscopic balloon dilatation in the management of bronchial stenosis following lung transplantation

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  De Gracia, J ^a   Culebras, M ^a   Alvarez A ^a,b   Catalan E ^a   De la Rosa, D ^a   Maestre, J ^a   Canela, M ^a   Roman A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bronchial disease; Bronchoscopy; Lung transplantation; Surgery complications

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STENT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; STENTS;

EID: 33751526544     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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