Wire stent for tracheomalacia in a five-year-old girl

A wire stent was used successfully to treat life-threatening tracheomalacia in a 5-year-old girl. Wire stents placed bronchoscopically are nonobstructing and have the potential for balloon expansion to accommodate growth.

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Published inThe Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 1239 - 1240
Main Authors Bousamra, Michael, Tweddell, James S., Wells, Robert G., Splaingard, Mark L., Sty, John R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.1996
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Bronchoscopy
Child, Preschool
Chromosome Deletion
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Pneumology
Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases
Stents
Trachea
Tracheal Diseases - diagnosis
Tracheal Diseases - therapy
Human
Endoprosthesis
Diseases of the trachea
Radiodiagnosis
Tracheomalacia
Respiratory disease
Instrumentation therapy
Wire
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
Case study
Radiography
Treatment
Child
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Summary:A wire stent was used successfully to treat life-threatening tracheomalacia in a 5-year-old girl. Wire stents placed bronchoscopically are nonobstructing and have the potential for balloon expansion to accommodate growth.
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ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/0003-4975(95)01062-9