Self-expanding stainless steel endotracheal stents: an animal study.
In a rabbit model, self-expanding self-constructed stainless steel endotracheal stents were used to widen the trachea. The stents were overgrown with tracheal epithelium and, except for granuloma formation, elicited no complications.
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Röntgenabteilung Innere Medizin des Zentrums der Radiologie der Kliniken der Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, FRG.
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D000818:Animals; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011817:Rabbits; D013193:Stainless Steel; D015607:Stents; D014132:Trachea; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy
D013193:Stainless Steel