Treatment of persistent pulmonary air leaks using endobronchial valves

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 355-360

  Travaline, John M ^a,f   McKenna Jr , Robert J ^b   De Giacomo, Tiziano ^c   Venuta, Federico ^c   Hazelrigg, Steven R ^d   Boomer, Mark ^e   Criner, Gerard J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Saint Francis Hospital Tulsa   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG AIR LEAK; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; TUBE REMOVAL; VALVE;

EID: 68849115563     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2389     Document Type: Article

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