Use of microdebrider bronchoscopy for the treatment of endobronchial leiomyoma

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages e4-e7

  Wahla, Ali Saeed ^a   Khan, Irtaza ^a   Bellinger, Christina ^a   Haponik, Edward ^a   Conforti, John Frank ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Interventional bronchoscopy; Leiomyoma; Microdebrider

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; ENDOBRONCHIAL LEIOMYOMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG SURGERY; MICRODEBRIDER BRONCHOSCOPY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952719287     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2010.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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