Saber-sheath malacic trachea remodeled and fixed into a normal shape by long-term placement and then removal of gianturco wire stent.

Fukai, Ichiro; Yamakawa, Yosuke; Kiriyama, Masanobu; Kaji, Masahiro; Yano, Motoki; Sasaki, Hidefumi; Fujii, Yoshitaka

Fukai, Ichiro; Yamakawa, Yosuke; Kiriyama, Masanobu; Kaji, Masahiro; Yano, Motoki; Sasaki, Hidefumi; Fujii, Yoshitaka.

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Fukai I; The Second Department of Surgery, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan. ifukai@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp

Ann Thorac Surg ; 76(2): 597-8, 2003 Aug.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12902111

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Catheterization/methods; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/diagnosis; Stents; Tracheal Stenosis/therapy; Bronchoscopy; Catheterization/instrumentation; Device Removal; Dyspnea/diagnosis; Dyspnea/etiology; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/complications; Recovery of Function; Risk Assessment; Thoracotomy; Time Factors; Tracheal Stenosis/complications; Tracheal Stenosis/pathology; Treatment Outcome

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tracheal Stenosis / Catheterization / Stents / Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Ann Thorac Surg Year: 2003 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Japan Country of publication: Netherlands

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