Airway stenting for tracheal stenosis.
Patients with upper airway obstruction from malignant disease are difficult to manage. A 62 year old patient presented with stridor and was found to have an upper tracheal tumour. Bronchoscopy, dilatation and stenting were performed successfully. The techniques and indications for the use of dynamic airway stent are discussed.
Eng
J B
JB
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Penang Hospital, Penang.
Hooi
L N
LN
Ng
S H
SH
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D015607:Stents; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*