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External Fixation of Proximal Tracheal Airway Stents: A Modified Technique

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 93; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.094

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Adnan Majid, Sebastian Fernandez‐Bussy, Michael S. Kent, Erik Folch, Liliana Fernández‐Trujillo, George Cheng, Sidhu P. Gangadharan,

Vascular Anomalies and Treatments

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.