title: [Clinical experiences with the Gianturco-Z stent in endotracheal and -bronchial stenoses].
abstract: We inserted Gianturco-Z stents in 17 patients with tracheobronchial stenoses on 18 occasions. Three patients had benign, all others malignant stenoses due to compression of the tracheobronchial tree by metastasising malignancies. In all cases the stents could be easily positioned and the patients experienced relief of their severe dyspnea. In one case there was fatigue breakage of the stent. The patient was therefore given a silicone tracheal stent.
authors.affiliation: Röntgenabteilung Innere Medizin, Kliniken Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rauber
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weimar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jaschke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morr
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Rau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001995:Bronchography; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Klinische Erfahrungen mit Gianturco-Z-Stents bei endotrachealen und -bronchialen Stenosen.