Tracheobronchial stenting and central airway replacement

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 278-283

  Makris, Demosthenes ^a   Marquette, Charles Hugo ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Airway stent; Bronchoscopy; Lung cancer; Tracheal replacement

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; METAL; NICKEL; NITINOL; SILASTIC; SILICON; TITANIUM;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AORTA GRAFT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CARTILAGE; CENTRAL AIRWAY REPLACEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; STENT; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEA RESECTION; TRACHEA TUMOR; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL STENTING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHI; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS; TRACHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249817881     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32816b5c3b     Document Type: Review

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