[Tracheobronchial stents: Chu of Liège experience].
During recent years the endobronchial prostheses has become an essential part of the therapeutic bronchoscopy in order to remove obstructions from the proximal airways, in malignant diseases, (principally lung cancer) are in benign disorders. In this article we report our last ten year experience in stenting of the tracheo-bronchial tree. We will retrospectively review the indications of the stents, the type of prostheses and their modes of insertion, their complications, the clinical and functional results.
Corhay
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JL
Service de Pneumologie CHU Liège et Service de Pneumologie, CH Peltzer La Tourelle, Verviers.
Duysinx
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Louis
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Bartsch
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*