Extratracheal biodegradable splint to treat life-threatening tracheomalacia

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1446-1448

  Bugmann, Philippe ^a   Rimensberger, Peter C ^a   Kalangos, Afksendyios ^a   Barazzone, Constance ^a   Beghetti, Maurice ^a   Lang, Florian J W ^b  

^a Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

15

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPLINT; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; TRACHEOMALACIA;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AORTA, THORACIC; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPLINTS; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 4644263403     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.07.049     Document Type: Article

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