Airway Complications Following Lung Transplantation

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 357-366

  Puchalski, Jonathan ^a   Lee, Hans J ^b   Sterman, Daniel H ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Bronchoscopy; Lung transplant; Stenosis; Stent

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOPLASTY; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MUCOSAL NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; STENTS;

EID: 79954627710     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2011.03.001     Document Type: Review

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