Use of expandable metal stents in the treatment of bronchial obstruction.
An expandable metal stent has been used to treat bronchial collapse due to polychondritis in one patient and extrinsic bronchial compression secondary to bronchogenic tumour in another.
Simonds
A K
AK
Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London.
Irving
J D
JD
Clarke
S W
SW
Dick
R
R
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013193:Stainless Steel; D015607:Stents
D013193:Stainless Steel