A retrospective study of silicone stent placement for management of anastomotic airway complications in lung transplant recipients: Short- and long-term outcomes

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 658-664

  Dutau, Hervé ^a   Cavailles, Arnaud ^a   Sakr, Lama ^a   Badier, Monique ^a   Gaubert, Jean Yves ^a   Boniface, Stéphanie ^a   Doddoli, Christophe ^a   Thomas, Pascal ^a   Reynaud Gaubert, Martine ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

airway stenting; anastomotic complications; bronchial stenosis; bronchial stenting; lung transplantation; self expandable metallic stents; silicone stents

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GANCICLOVIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; SILICON; TACROLIMUS; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANASTOMOSIS STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952553670     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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