Tracheobronchial stenting

Airway stenting can be a life-preserving intervention in patients with critical airway obstruction. It may be safely performed using flexible bronchoscopy under conscious sedation as a day-case procedure in selected patients, but a high incidence of complications limits its use to palliation of mali...

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Published inBritish journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005) Vol. 72; no. 6; p. 318
Main Authors Oltmanns, Ute, Slade, Mark
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.06.2011
Subjects
Airway Obstruction - etiology
Airway Obstruction - therapy
Bronchoscopy - adverse effects
Bronchoscopy - methods
Equipment Design - trends
Humans
Lung Transplantation - adverse effects
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - therapy
Palliative Care - methods
Palliative Care - standards
Patient Selection
Stents - adverse effects
Stents - standards
Tracheal Stenosis - complications
Tracheal Stenosis - therapy
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Summary:Airway stenting can be a life-preserving intervention in patients with critical airway obstruction. It may be safely performed using flexible bronchoscopy under conscious sedation as a day-case procedure in selected patients, but a high incidence of complications limits its use to palliation of malignancy or bridging treatment in benign disease.
ISSN:1750-8460
DOI:10.12968/hmed.2011.72.6.318