title: [Stenting of central airways].
abstract: Tracheobronchial stenosis causes severe symptoms such as stridor or dyspnea. Patients who experience these symptoms with inoperable lesions require treatment for palliation of symptoms. In our institution, airway stent placements were performed in 88 patients. The clinical results of stenting for stenosis of the central airways are satisfactory for improvement of the quality of life. Insertion of airway stents and esophageal tubes could improve dysphagia and dyspnea in patients with esophagotracheal fistulas. Recently, several types of prostheses have become available for stenting of airways and each stent has specific features. Therefore it is important for effective and safe stenting to select the type of stent suitable for the condition of each patient.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawafuji
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*