A scale for decision making between whole lung transplantation or lobar transplantation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1122-1125

  Loizzi, Domenico ^a   Aigner, Clemens ^a   Jaksch, Peter ^a   Scheed, Axel ^a   Mora, Bruno ^a   Sollitto, Francesco ^b   Klepetko, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lobar transplantation; Lung transplantation; Tailoring of the lung

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; LOBAR TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PNEUMONECTOMY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951297124     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.11.032     Document Type: Article

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