Risk factors for airway complications within the first year after lung transplantation
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- 1 April 2007
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 31 (4) , 703-710
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.01.025
Abstract
Objective: Lung transplantation (LTx) has enjoyed increasing success with better survival in recent years. Nevertheless, airway anastomotic complicatKeywords
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