title: How we did it: neopharyngeal stricture management with the nitinol stent in the laryngectomized patient: our disappointing results.
abstract: Serial dilatation, the mainstay of benign 'neopharyngeal' stricture management, can have inconsistent results. Nitinol stents, as a metallic self-expanding coil, may have a role in such patients. Such stents were inserted in four patients but two had to be removed because of intractable pain. It is concluded that nitinol stents are unlikely to have a significant role in the management of neopharyngeal stricture management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Conlon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Timon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000497:Alloys; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D020878:Device Removal; D004106:Dilatation / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000009:adverse effects; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; C013616:nitinol