Removal of long-term tracheal stents with excellent tracheal healing

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Harpreet RanuBrendan P Madden

Abstract

Covered metallic endobronchial stents are increasingly used in the management of diverse large airway pathology and once deployed they are considered permanent. Long-term complications of stent fracture and airway granulation tissue formation may necessitate stent removal. We describe successful endoscopic removal of the Ultraflex expandable tracheal metallic stents (Microvasive; Boston Scientific, Natick, MA) in 5 patients at 105, 84, 50, 38, and 21 months after deployment, with excellent tracheal healing and clearance of granulation tissue noted at 6 weeks after removal in each patient.

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