Collapse of a new type of self-expanding metallic tracheal stent.
Alveolus TB-STS is a new self-expanding, completely polyurethane-covered, metallic stent which has been designed to be successfully used even in the treatment of non-neoplastic airway strictures as it is supposed to be removable. We recently observed the collapse of an Alveolus tracheal stent, causing dyspnea and hemopthysis, in a 63-yr-old female patient with post-intubation tracheal stenosis. Such a complication, which to our knowledge has never been previously reported with metallic stent use, forced us to remove the stent.
Trisolini
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Unit of Thoracic Endoscopy and Pulmonology, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Paioli
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Fornario
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Lazzari Agli
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Grosso
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Patelli
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D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004106:Dilatation; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects; D008670:Metals; D008875:Middle Aged; D011140:Polyurethanes; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
D008670:Metals; D011140:Polyurethanes