title: [Stenting for postoperative airway stenosis due to traumatic tracheobronchial rupture].
abstract: A 43-year-old man underwent repair for the broken trachea, left main bronchus and right main brouchus due to trauma. Twenty-seven months after the initial surgery, he developed dyspnea and required ventilatory support. Computed tomography showed severe stenosis of the left main bronchus, tracheomalasia and bronchomalasia of right main bronchus. A self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) was placed in the bilateral main bronchus and T-tube in the trachea. SEMS developed granulatory and cicatricial stenosis of the airway, which caused severe dyspnea. Replacement of SEMS with Dumon stents was successfully done and dyspnea was disappeared. A silicon stent should be used for treating postreconstructive airway stenosis including tracheobronchomalasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Second Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobumasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohizumi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naruke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiono
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimanuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadahiro
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012421:Rupture / Q000150:complications; D015607:Stents; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery