Technique, utility, and safety of awake tracheoplasty using combined laser and balloon dilation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2159-2162

  Andrews, Brian T ^a   Graham, Scott M ^a   Ross, Alan F ^a   Barnhart, William H ^a   Ferguson, J Scott ^a   McLennan, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon dilation; Laryngotracheostenosis; LTS; Nd:YAG laser; Tracheoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BODY MASS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40349098253     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31814538b6     Document Type: Article

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