Surgical techniques: Lung transplant and lung volume reduction

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-78

  Boasquevisque, Carlos Henrique R ^a   Yildirim, Erkan ^a   Waddel, Thomas K ^a   Keshavjee, Shaf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emphysema; Techniques; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VOLUME; ORGAN DONOR; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 58549118260     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200808-083GO     Document Type: Article

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