Use of tissue expanders in adult postpneumonectomy syndrome

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 608-612

  Macaré van Maurik, Anne Floor M ^a,b   Stubenitsky, Bart M ^b   van Swieten, Henry A ^a   Duurkens, Vincent A M ^a   Laban, Erik ^a   Kon, Moshe ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTPNEUMONECTOMY SYNDROME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TISSUE EXPANDERS;

EID: 34548133129     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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