Bronchoplastic procedure for an unusual indication - Wegener's granulomatosis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 530-531

  Soo, Alan ^a   Aziz, Rasheed ^a   Buckley, Mella ^a   Young, Vincent ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bronchoplastic procedure; Thoracic surgeons; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLASTY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 69249139205     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.205591     Document Type: Article

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