The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 18-25 , January 2010

Anterior pericardial tracheoplasty for long-segment tracheal stenosis: Long-term outcomes

  • Nervin Fanous, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind
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  • S. Adil Husain, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Tex
    • ,
  • Mark Ruzmetov, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind
    • ,
  • Mark D. Rodefeld, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind
    • ,
  • Mark W. Turrentine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind
    • ,
  • John W. Brown, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: John W. Brown, MD, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, 545 Barnhill Dr, EH 215, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5123.

Received 3 July 2007 ,Revised 8 September 2009 ,Accepted 21 September 2009.

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 Read at the Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, June 27–30, 2007.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01268-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.040

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 18-25 , January 2010

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