Use of a covered self-expanding metal airway stent for severe dynamic collapse within a bronchial aortic graft conduit in a post-lung transplant patient

Rebecca Priebe; D Kevin Duong; Michael J Simoff; Javier Diaz Mendoza; Labib Debiane; A Rolando Peralta; Avi Cohen

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101392

Use of a covered self-expanding metal airway stent for severe dynamic collapse within a bronchial aortic graft conduit in a post-lung transplant patient

Respir Med Case Rep. 2021 Mar 19:33:101392. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101392. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Rebecca Priebe¹, D Kevin Duong¹, Michael J Simoff¹, Javier Diaz Mendoza¹, Labib Debiane¹, A Rolando Peralta¹, Avi Cohen¹

Affiliation

¹ Interventional Pulmonology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Abstract

We present a novel case in which a self-expanding, covered metal airway stent was utilized for severe dynamic collapse within a cadaveric aortic bronchial graft conduit in a post-lung transplant recipient with thoracic situs inversus.

Keywords: Airway stent; Bronchomalacia; Bronchoscopy; Interventional pulmonology; Transplant complications.

Publication types

Case Reports