Removal of metallic tracheobronchial stents in lung transplantation with flexible bronchoscopy

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Fruchter, Oren ^a   Raviv, Yael ^a   Fox, Benjamin D ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; STENT; TRACHEA;

AGED; BRONCHI; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TRACHEA;

EID: 77956470484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-5-72     Document Type: Article

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