Wire stent for tracheomalacia in a five-year-old girl.
A wire stent was used successfully to treat life-threatening tracheomalacia in a 5-year-old girl. Wire stents placed bronchoscopically are nonobstructing and have the potential for balloon expansion to accommodate growth.
Bousamra
M
M
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.
Tweddell
J S
JS
Wells
R G
RG
Splaingard
M L
ML
Sty
J R
JR
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D014132:Trachea; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*