Bronchial stents
Bronchial stents are mostly used as a Palliative relief of symptoms often caused by airway obstruction, It is also used for sealing of stump fistulas after pneumonectomy and dehiscence after bronchoplastic operations. Advances in airway prosthetics have provided a variety of silicone stents, expanda...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2006-01-01
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| Series: | Annals of Thoracic Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2006;volume=1;issue=2;spage=92;epage=97;aulast=Ibrahim |