Swallowing of a dynamic tracheal stent: an unusual complication.
Cicatricial tracheal stenoses are mainly related to iatrogenic injury as postintubation, posttracheotomy or postoperative. Advances in airway prosthetics have provided a variety of silicone stents and expandable metal stents as a therapeutic option for tracheal stenoses. Nowadays, dynamic tracheal stents are performed prevalently for the treatment of tracheal stenosis. Four major problems are currently associated with airway stents: Mucostasis, formation of granulation tissue, infection and migration. In this report, we present a case of swallowing a tracheal dynamic stent as an unusual complication of tracheal stents.
Enön
Serkan
S
Department of Chest Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. enon@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
Kayi Cangir
Ayten
A
Okten
Ilker
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology