title: Successful management of congenital bronchial stenosis using an expandable stent.
abstract: Congenital bronchial stenosis is a very rare cause of neonatal dyspnea. Surgical management remains challenging in small children. We report successful implantation of a bronchial stent in a 3-month-old female infant presenting with congenital right bronchial stenosis and 18 months of follow-up. Use of stents in children remains controversial because of the problem of size mismatch as the child grows. Nevertheless, expandable stent implantation could be an interesting alternative to complex surgery for localized bronchial stenosis in neonates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, CHR Felix Guyon, 97405 St Denis, Reunion Island. frederique.sauvat@chr-reunion.fr
authors.forename: Frederique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sauvat
authors.forename: Jean Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mirabile
authors.forename: Robert Wan
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hoi
authors.forename: Duke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ramful
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bey
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schlossmacher
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Couloignier
authors.forename: Yann
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Revillon
mesh_terms: D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012074:Remission Induction; D015607:Stents