title: Kissing-stents technique after living-donor lobar lung transplantation.
abstract: Stent placement has become common practice for bronchial stenosis (BS) after lung transplantation (LT). Especially, segmental BS after lobar LT requires a complex stenting technique. We describe a case of multiple segmental bronchial stenoses treated by the kissing-stents technique using balloon-expandable metallic stents after living-donor lobar LT. Based on the vascular kissing-stents technique, we simultaneously placed two stents, side by side, in the superior segmental bronchus and the basal segmental bronchus of the right transplanted lobar lung. This technique may represent a valuable option for complex segmental BS after lobar LT.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan sugimo-s@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Seiichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oto
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toyooka
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D015607:Stents
keywords: Bronchial stenosis; Bronchial stents; Bronchoscopy; Lung transplantation