Long-Term Follow-Up of Ultraflex Metallic Stents in Benign and Malignant Central Airway Obstruction

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1251-1256

  Husain, Syed A ^a   Finch, David ^a   Ahmed, Manzoor ^a   Morgan, Anthony ^a   Hetzel, Martin R ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRANULOMA; HOME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSTERNAL GOITER; SAFETY; SPIROMETRY; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEA CARCINOMA; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOMALACIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BALLOON DILATATION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947317627     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.066     Document Type: Article

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