Expandable metal stents for tracheobronchial obstruction.
We report our experience of the use of endoscopically inserted expanding stainless steel stents in 18 patients over a period of 31 months. Twelve patients had stents inserted for malignant disease causing narrowing of the tracheobronchial tree, and six for airway complications following heart-lung, single lung or double lung transplantation. In all but one case, stents were satisfactorily positioned, and there were no complications related to stent insertion. Seven patients were alive at follow-up, three of whom had stents inserted for malignancy and four as a result of complications following transplantation.
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Department of Radiology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001995:Bronchography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery