Tracheobronchoplasty for severe tracheobronchomalacia: A prospective outcome analysis

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 801-807

  Majid, Adnan ^a   Guerrero, Jorge ^a   Gangadharan, Sidhu ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^a   Boiselle, Phillip ^a   DeCamp, Malcolm ^a   Ashiku, Simon ^a   Michaud, Gaetane ^a   Herth, Felix ^b   Ernst, Armin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary and Interdisciplinary Endoscopy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central airway obstruction; Excessive dynamic airway collapse; Obstructive lung disease; Outcome; Tracheobronchomalacia; Tracheobronchoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOPLASTY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALY; TRACHEOBRONCHOPLASTY;

EID: 54249122219     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0728     Document Type: Article

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