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.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. jkim@smc.samsung.co.kr
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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