title: Bilateral severe bronchial obstruction after metallic tracheal stent insertion for tracheal stenosis--a case report.
abstract: Metallic wire expandable stents are increasingly used to alleviate tracheal obstruction due to malignancies. Patients usually tolerate these stents well and benefit from good to excellent palliation of their symptoms. Nevertheless, some miserable complications have also come to our notice. We report here an unfortunate case in whom severe bilateral main bronchial obstruction occurred immediately after the insertion of a Wall-stent over the tracheal stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, ROC. canada.b.c@yahoo.com.tw
authors.forename: Ming-Shan
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yuan-Yi
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Chia
authors.forename: Han-Liang
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu-Ren
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xuan-De
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Hon-Ki
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*