TY - JOUR
T1 - Postresection Bronchopleural Fistula
T2 - Detection by Regional Ventilation-Perfusion Studies
AU - Dixon, Calvin
AU - Khalil Ali, M.
AU - Atallah, Muhammad R.
AU - Ewer, Michael S.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1983/4
Y1 - 1983/4
N2 - In three patients, bronchopleural fistula developed after right pneumonectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma. In each instance, radiologic and clinical evidence was inconclusive. Xenon 133 regional ventilation-perfusion studies confirmed the diagnosis of a bronchopleural fistula in both the immediate and late postoperative periods.
AB - In three patients, bronchopleural fistula developed after right pneumonectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma. In each instance, radiologic and clinical evidence was inconclusive. Xenon 133 regional ventilation-perfusion studies confirmed the diagnosis of a bronchopleural fistula in both the immediate and late postoperative periods.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007611-198304000-00018
DO - 10.1097/00007611-198304000-00018
M3 - Article
C2 - 6836364
AN - SCOPUS:0020575703
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 76
SP - 485
EP - 486
JO - Southern Medical Journal
JF - Southern Medical Journal
IS - 4
ER -