Treatment of Airway Complications Following Lung Transplantation;Tratamiento de complicaciones en la vía aérea postrasplante pulmonar

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 128-133

  Fernández Bussy, Sebastián ^a,b   Majid, Adnan ^c   Caviedes, Iván ^b   Akindipe, Olufemi ^a   Baz, Maher ^a   Jantz, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway complications; Argon plasma coagulation; Balloon dilation; Bronchomalacia; Bronchoscopy; Dehiscence; Lung transplant; Stenosis; Stent

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT;

EID: 79952750630     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1579-2129(11)70031-3     Document Type: Article

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