Endobronchial Stent Placement for the Management of Airway Complications after Lung Transplantation

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 629-632

  Kapoor, Baljendra S ^a   May, Ben ^b   Panu, Neety ^c   Kowalik, Karen ^d   Hunter, David W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247525532     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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