Endobronchial valves for persistent postoperative pulmonary air leak: Accurate monitoring and functional implications

Respiration

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-333

  Dooms, Christophe A ^a   De Leyn, Paul R ^a   Yserbyt, Jonas ^a   Decaluwe, Herbert ^a   Ninane, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air leak; Bronchoscopy; Digital; Endobronchial valve; Lung surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TUBE; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY AIR LEAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; THORAX DRAINAGE; VALVE;

AGED; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL CAVITY; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84867075700     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339411     Document Type: Article

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