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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 58(4): 256-257
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1240978
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1240978
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© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
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Publication History
received February 3, 2010
Publication Date:
31 May 2010 (online)
Key words
thoracic surgery - stent - trachea - self‐expandable metallic stents - obstructive granulation tissue - benign tracheal stenosis - ultraflex
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Prof. Dr. med. Horia Sirbu, FETCS, Chairman of the Thoracic Surgery Department
Department of Thoracic Surgery
University of Erlangen
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