Airway stenting: Applications and Practice management considerations

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 579-587

  Lund, Mark E ^a   Garland, Robert ^b   Ernst, Armin ^b  

^a St Mary's Regional Med Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway stenosis; Airway stenting; Bronchoscopy; Interventional pulmonology; Practice management

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MITOMYCIN C; SILICONE; STEROID;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CAUTERIZATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEBRIDEMENT; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATIENT CODING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STENT; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33847133542     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-0766     Document Type: Article

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