Successful bilateral lung volume reduction in a child with emphysema from bronchiolitis obliterans

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 645-647

  Mancuso, Maurizio ^a   Pacchioni, Donatella ^a   Ruffini, Enrico ^a   Cavallo, Antonio ^a   Filosso, Pierluigi ^a   Viale, Aurelio ^a   Solidoro, Paolo ^a   Bignamini, Elisabetta ^b  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; DYSPNEA; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOSIS; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PIGEON THORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL DEFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; THORAX;

EID: 4644330282     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.03.055     Document Type: Article

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