title: Simple technique for sizing and positioning tracheal stents.
abstract: Accurate placement of tracheobronchial stents is essential, since little adjustment can be made once the stent is deployed. We describe the use of an inexpensive tool, a radio-opaque ruler, to aid in the proper positioning of tracheobronchial stents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lutheran General Hospital, Cancer Care Center, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068, USA. jemi.olak@advocatemedical.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*