Successful treatment of tracheal stenosis by rigid bronchoscopy and topical mitomycin C: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wong, Jyi Lin ^a   Tie, Siew Teck ^a   Samril, Bohari ^a   Lum, Chee Lun ^a   Abdul Rahman, Mohammad Rizal ^a   Abdul Rahman, Jamalul Azizi ^a  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 77953388401     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-3-2     Document Type: Article

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