Thin bronchoscope for evaluating stenotic airways during stenting procedures

Respiration

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 509-514

  Oki, Masahide ^a   Saka, Hideo ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway stent; Bronchoscopy; Central airway obstruction; Thin bronchoscope; Ultrathin bronchoscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS SECRETION; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; SILICONES; STENTS;

EID: 82255184000     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330838     Document Type: Article

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