Open surgery for removal of a failing Gianturco stent with reversed sleeve resection of the right middle and lower lobes.
Although the use of a metallic stent in the treatment of benign tracheobronchial stenosis has been reported as a useful and safe technique, the incorporation of wire stents into the airway may be irreversible and is associated with problems. The authors' experience in a patient with incorrectly positioned metallic stent in the right main bronchus, which was successfully treated with bronchial sleeve resection, is presented.
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D000328:Adult; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed