Securing tracheal stents: a new and simple method.
Indwelling silastic stents have been used in the subglottis and upper trachea to manage laryngotracheal abnormalities. A number of methods of fixation have been described. The authors describe a quick and simple method of fixing endoluminal tracheal stents using a single suture.
Mace
Alasdair
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Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK. alasdairmace@hotmail.com
Sandhu
Gurpreet
G
Howard
David
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D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*