Managing obstruction of the central airways

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 399-410

  Williamson, J P ^a   Phillips, M J ^b   Hillman, D R ^a,c   Eastwood, P R ^a,c  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway stents; Central airway obstruction; Interventional bronchoscopy; Nd:YAG laser; Rigid bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; METAL; NITINOL; SILICON;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAUTERIZATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LARYNX STENOSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; BRONCHOSCOPY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77953814401     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02113.x     Document Type: Review

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