Are metallic stents really safe? A long-term analysis in lung transplant recipients

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1417-1422

  Gottlieb, J ^a   Fuehner, T ^a   Dierich, M ^a   Wiesner, O ^a   Simon, A R ^a   Welte, T ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; Granulation tissue; Lung transplantation; Prosthesis infections; Stents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FOREIGN BODY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXPANDABLE METALLIC STENT; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73249138383     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00041909     Document Type: Article

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