External fixation of proximal tracheal airway stents: a modified technique

Adnan Majid; Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy; Michael Kent; Erik Folch; Liliana Fernandez; George Cheng; Sidhu P Gangadharan

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.094

External fixation of proximal tracheal airway stents: a modified technique

Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Jun;93(6):e167-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.094.

Authors

Adnan Majid¹, Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, Michael Kent, Erik Folch, Liliana Fernandez, George Cheng, Sidhu P Gangadharan

Affiliation

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 22632539
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.094

Abstract

Treatment of subglottic and proximal tracheal stenosis for nonsurgical candidates includes tracheostomy, Montgomery T tubes, and silicone stents. When used in lesions with concomitant malacia, silicone stents have a high incidence of migration. We describe a simple and effective technique of securing endoluminal stents using an Endo Close suturing device (Coviden, Boston, MA) and an external silicone button in 9 consecutive patients.

MeSH terms

Adult
Bronchoscopy / instrumentation
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Silicones*
Stents*
Suture Techniques / instrumentation*
Tracheal Stenosis / surgery*
Tracheotomy / instrumentation*

Substances

Silicones