title: Tracheobronchial stenting.
abstract: Airway stenting can be a life-preserving intervention in patients with critical airway obstruction. It may be safely performed using flexible bronchoscopy under conscious sedation as a day-case procedure in selected patients, but a high incidence of complications limits its use to palliation of malignancy or bridging treatment in benign disease.
authors: Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Papworth Everard, Cambridge.
authors: Ute
authors: U
authors: Oltmanns
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Slade
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D018579:Patient Selection; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy