PMID: 11899205Mar 20, 2002Paper

Experience with Ultraflex expandable metallic stents in the management of endobronchial pathology

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
B P MaddenNick Charokopos

Abstract

Experience with Ultraflex expandable metallic stents (Micro-invasive, Boston Scientific, Watertown, MA) in the management of endobronchial pathologies leading to airway compromise is reported. Between January 1999 and August 2000, twenty-eight expandable metallic stents were inserted into 25 patients (7 men and 18 women; median age, 65 years) who presented with respiratory distress. Each patient had comorbid medical conditions or end-stage malignancy that precluded formal surgical repair. Seventeen patients had intrinsic airway obstruction, 5 had extrinsic compression, 2 had a tracheal tear, and 1 had a tracheoesophageal fistula. Stents were inserted through a bronchoscope under direct vision. Eighteen patients received tracheal stents alone (1 of these patients received two tracheal stents), and 5 patients received bronchial stents only. Two patients received a tracheal and a bronchial stent. Twenty-one stents were covered and seven were uncovered. All patients had successful stents with restoration of airway patency and closure of tracheal defects. One patient developed a respiratory infection early after the operation. Follow-up bronchoscopy confirmed satisfactory stent position in each patient. Late complications included s...Continue Reading

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