Expandable metallic stents applied to benign bronchostenosis.
Tandem Gianturco expandable metallic stents (GEMSs) with barbs were inserted to dilate the left main bronchus of a 38-year-old man who had developed left bronchostenosis due to bronchial tuberculosis. Through the use of these GEMSs, ventilation in the left lung remarkably improved; however, the central airway resistance was found to be greater than that exhibited by the normal side and the mucociliary transport function was reduced.
Satoh
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Department of Radiology, Ohme Municipal General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Mori
M
M
Inoue
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D015607:Stents; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications
D008670:Metals