Safety study of endobronchial electrosurgery for tracheobronchial lesions: Multicenter prospective study

Journal of Bronchology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 228-232

  Horinouchi, Hirohisa ^a   Miyazawa, Teruomi ^b   Takada, Keigi ^c   Matsui, Eisuke ^d   Takahashi, Satomi ^e   Saitoh, Yukio ^f   Nakagawa, Ken ^g  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima Municipal Funairi Hospital   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Hyougo Medical Center for Adults   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Sendai Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

^g CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Electrocautery; Endobronchial electrosurgery; Interventional bronchoscopy; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL LESION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649909417     PISSN: 10708030     EISSN: 15367959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e318187a293     Document Type: Article

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