Endoscopic Management of Central Airway Obstruction

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-273

  Gorden, Jed A ^a   Ernst, Armin ^b  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

airway obstruction; balloon dilation; dynamic collapse; extrinsic compression; stent; stricture

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CAUTERIZATION; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; MICRODEBRIDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 70449706344     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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