title: Successful removal of expandable metallic stent in a patient with lung cancer.
abstract: A 64-year-old man, who had received chemoradiation therapy for stage IIIB non-small-cell lung cancer, underwent stent insertion with a covered expandable metallic stent for post-radiation bronchial stenosis. Stenosis due to formation of granulation tissue at the distal stent site resulted in critical respiratory failure. The stent was removed after 43 months, using rigid bronchoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. naokoose@toneyama.go.jp
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ose
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Noriyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sawabata
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kadota
authors.forename: Meinoshin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumura
mesh_terms: D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed