Removal of a Tracheal Mesh Stent: How I Do It

We illustrate how to remove a stent from the tracheal lumen 12 years after its deployment. Maintaining the stent in situ for a long time degrades the stent materials, making it fragile and very difficult to manipulate. A rigid bronchoscopy approach was chosen for the treatment of this case. We descr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Manera, Massimiliano, Patruno, Vincenzo, Vailati, Paolo, Morana, Giuseppe, Crisafulli, Ernesto, Sartori, Giulia, Castaldo, Nadia, Fantin, Alberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Anesthesiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9805538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36601173
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32140
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Sumario:We illustrate how to remove a stent from the tracheal lumen 12 years after its deployment. Maintaining the stent in situ for a long time degrades the stent materials, making it fragile and very difficult to manipulate. A rigid bronchoscopy approach was chosen for the treatment of this case. We describe the preparation of the intervention and its execution step by step.

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