Use of expandable wire stents for malignant airway obstruction

Tracheomalacia and Tracheobronchomalacia in Children and Adults

“…Metal stents have been used to manage airway obstruction resulting from many causes. 228,229 They are easily placed by flexible bronchoscopy, are visible on plain radiographs, expand dynamically, and preserve mucociliary function. 230 The most common complications resulting from the use of metal stents are the formation of granulation tissue, which may or may not require intervention, and breakage over time, which can cause severe problems including airway obstruction, airway perforation, and death.…”

Tracheobronchial Strictures: Treatment with a Polyurethane-covered Retrievable Expandable Nitinol Stent—Initial Experience

“…Treatment of serious airway obstruction in patients in whom surgery is contraindicated is often a challenge (15). Recently, different kinds of covered and noncovered expandable metallic stents have been used successfully in patients with tracheobronchomalacia, noninflammatory strictures, and intra-or extraluminal tumor to relieve dyspnea or to occlude esophagorespiratory fistulas (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). The expandable metallic stents were found to overcome some of the limitations of nonexpandable silicone stents (1,10,14).…”

Airway emergencies in cancer

“…with malignant airway obstruction Cavaliere et al obtained This procedure being less invasive does not require good results using Nd YAG laser for endoscopic resection long hospitalization and achieves good symptomatic when there was no extrinsic compression or extensive relief as shown by deSouza et al in their case series. [29] infiltration of airway. They got 100% success for tracheal Advances in airway prosthetics have provided a variety of tumors with less favorable results for peripherally situated silicone stents, expandable metal stents and pneumatic tumors and low complication rates.…”