Airway stenoses after lung transplantation: Incidence, management, and outcome

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1569-1575

  Thistlethwaite, Patricia A ^a   Yung, Gordon ^a   Kemp, Aaron ^a   Osbourne, Stephanie ^a   Jamieson, Stuart W ^a   Channick, Colleen ^a   Harrell, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT STENOSIS; STENOSIS; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DEBRIDEMENT; DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONES; STENTS;

EID: 57949108698     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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