title: An approach to tracheostomy in a patient with an expandable metallic tracheal stent.
abstract: With increasing use of expandable metallic stents to manage patients with a variety of endobronchial pathologies, some will have a subsequent need for tracheostomy insertion. We describe a successful technique to insert a tracheostomy using rigid and fibre-optic bronchoscopy in a patient who had an 8 cm expandable metallic tracheal stent deployed previously on account of tracheomalacia.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Unit, St George's Hospital, London, UK. Brendan.Madden@stgeorges.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Brendan P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Madden
authors.forename: Abhijat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sheth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome