title: [Palliation of airway obstruction under a T-tube stent in a patient with thyroid carcinoma invading the trachea: a case report].
abstract: Invasion of the neoplasma to the upper airway tract is the life threatening factor. We experienced a 74-year-old female with thyroid carcinoma invading the trachea, for whom radical resection was infeasible. So for the palliation of airway obstruction we inserted the silicone rubber T-tube stent from 0.5 cm above the vocal cord to 2 cm before the carina after endotracheal tumor resection with Nd-YAG laser. As the result, she has led an active life for the last 6 months after the operation. We consider that the T-tube stent is effective tool in the management of airway obstruction for the slow growing neoplasma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kure National Hospital.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakaoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mishiyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010166:Palliative Care; D015607:Stents; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy