title: Use of Gianturco self-expandable stents in the tracheobronchial tree.
abstract: Gianturco self-expandable stents were used successfully in the management of 5 patients with tracheobronchial pathology. Placement was performed under endoscopic and fluoroscopic guidance. None of the patients has experienced complications secondary to the stent placement, and in all of them the clinical problems resolved satisfactorily. Longer follow-up is required to determine the place of tracheobronchial stenting in patients with respiratory compromise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Pino, Canary Islands, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varela
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maynar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Irving
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pulido-Duque
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Letourneau
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Castañeda-Zúñiga
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*