Successful treatment of persistent postoperative air leaks following the placement of an endobronchial one-way valve

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-91

  Conforti, Serena ^a   Torre, M ^a   Fieschi, S ^a   Lomonaco, A ^a   Ravini, M ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Emphysema; Endobronchial stent; Lung lobectomy; Surgery complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECORTICATION; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE AIR LEAKAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALVE;

EID: 77956998562     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2010.304     Document Type: Article

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