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Removal of metallic tracheobronchial stents in lung transplantation with flexible bronchoscopy

BACKGROUND: Airway complications are among the most challenging problems after lung transplantation, and Self-Expandable Metallic Stents (SEMS) are used to treat airway complications such as stenosis or malacia at the bronchial anastomosis sites. Several transplantation centers are reluctant to use...

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Autores principales: Fruchter, Oren, Raviv, Yael, Fox, Benjamin D, Kramer, Mordechai R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20831830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-72