Open surgery for removal of a failing Gianturco stent with reversed sleeve resection of the right middle and lower lobes

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1998 Sep;14(3):329-31. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(98)00195-x.

Abstract

Although the use of a metallic stent in the treatment of benign tracheobronchial stenosis has been reported as a useful and safe technique, the incorporation of wire stents into the airway may be irreversible and is associated with problems. The authors' experience in a patient with incorrectly positioned metallic stent in the right main bronchus, which was successfully treated with bronchial sleeve resection, is presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bronchial Diseases / complications
  • Bronchial Diseases / diagnosis
  • Bronchial Diseases / surgery*
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Constriction, Pathologic / complications
  • Constriction, Pathologic / diagnosis
  • Constriction, Pathologic / surgery
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Pneumonectomy / methods*
  • Prosthesis Failure*
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / etiology
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / surgery
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Reoperation
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed