Successful Endobronchial Seal of Surgical Bronchopleural Fistulas Using BioGlue

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1691-1692

  Ranu, Harpreet ^a   Gatheral, Timothy ^a   Sheth, Abhijat ^a   Smith, Edward E J ^a   Madden, Brendan P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOGLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIO GLUE; BIO-GLUE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; BRONCHUS FISTULA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA DISEASE; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA;

AGED; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; PROTEINS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA;

EID: 70449728013     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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