title: Balloon-expandable Metallic Stents for Airway Diseases.
abstract: Stent placement is an essential treatment for airway diseases. Although self-expandable metallic stents and silicone stents are commonly applied for the treatment of airway diseases, these stents are unsuitable for the treatment of small airway diseases encountered in pediatric patients and lung transplant recipients with airway complications. Currently, only vascular balloon-expandable metallic stents are available for the treatment of small airway diseases; however, little research has been conducted on the use of these stents in this field. We have launched a prospective feasibility study to clarify the safety and efficacy of balloon-expandable metallic stents for the treatment of airway diseases.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Ohki
authors: Seiichiro
authors: S
authors: Sugimoto
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Kurosaki
authors: Shinji
authors: S
authors: Otani
authors: Kentaroh
authors: K
authors: Miyoshi
authors: Masaomi
authors: M
authors: Yamane
authors: Shinichiro
authors: S
authors: Miyoshi
authors: Takahiro
authors: T
authors: Oto
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*