Endoscopic successful management of tracheobronchomalacia with laser: Apropos of a Mounier-Kuhn syndrome

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Dutau, Hervé ^a   Maldonado, Fabien ^a   Breen, David Patrick ^a   Colchen, Arlette ^b  

^a North Hospital   (France)

^b FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Excessive dynamic airway collapse; Laser; Mounier Kuhn syndrome; Tracheobronchomalacia; Tracheobronchomegaly; Tracheomegaly

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MOUNIER KUHN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYNCOPE; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALY; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM PEVROSKYTE LASER;

AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955592834     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.074     Document Type: Article

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