title: Wire stent for tracheomalacia in a five-year-old girl.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bousamra
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tweddell
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Splaingard
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sty
mesh_terms: 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*