title: Self-expanding stainless steel endotracheal stents: an animal study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Röntgenabteilung Innere Medizin des Zentrums der Radiologie der Kliniken der Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, FRG.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rauber
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franke
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Rau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011817:Rabbits; D013193:Stainless Steel; D015607:Stents; D014132:Trachea; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel