A Feasibility and Safety Study of Bronchoscopic Thermal Vapor Ablation: A Novel Emphysema Therapy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1993-1998

  Snell, Gregory I ^a   Hopkins, Peter ^b   Westall, Glen ^a   Holsworth, Lynda ^a   Carle, Anne ^b   Williams, Trevor J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRONCHOSCOPIC THERMAL VAPOR ABLATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG LOBE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAPOR;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71649107960     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.038     Document Type: Article

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