Flexible bronchoscopic management of benign tracheal stenosis: Long term follow-up of 115 patients

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Rahman, Nader A ^a   Fruchter, Oren ^a   Shitrit, David ^a   Fox, Benjamin D ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76949100824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-5-2     Document Type: Article

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