Use of Gianturco Z stents in the treatment of vascular compression of the tracheobronchial tree in childhood. A feasible solution when surgery fails.
Severe tracheomalacia secondary to extrinsic vascular compression following a switch operation for transposition is reported. Two attempts at surgical correction failed but successful treatment has been achieved by implantation of two endobronchial Gianturco Z stents. Nonabsorbable stenting in children should be used only in severe obstruction as a last resource, but this technique proved to be feasible in a child weighing 6.2 kg.
Clinique de Chirurgie Pédiatrique, Hôpital des Enfants, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Bugmann
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Rouge
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Berner
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Friedli
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Le Coultre
D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic