External fixation of proximal tracheal airway stents: a modified technique.
Treatment of subglottic and proximal tracheal stenosis for nonsurgical candidates includes tracheostomy, Montgomery T tubes, and silicone stents. When used in lesions with concomitant malacia, silicone stents have a high incidence of migration. We describe a simple and effective technique of securing endoluminal stents using an Endo Close suturing device (Coviden, Boston, MA) and an external silicone button in 9 consecutive patients.
Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. amajid@bidmc.harvard.edu
Adnan
A
Majid
Sebastian
S
Fernandez-Bussy
Michael
M
Kent
Erik
E
Folch
Liliana
L
Fernandez
George
G
Cheng
Sidhu P
SP
Gangadharan
D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012828:Silicones; D015607:Stents; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000295:instrumentation*
D012828:Silicones