Case
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Treatment of a Fractured Ultraflex Stent Causing Tracheal Stenosis |
| Takeshi Mori, MD, Hiroaki Nomori, MD,PhD, Masakazu Yoshioka, MD, Hironori Kobayashi, MD, Kazunori Iwatani, MD, and Koei Ikeda, MD,PhD |
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| We report on a case of a fractured Ultraflex stent after placement for malignant tracheal stenosis. The patient was a 49-year-old female with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea causing airway stenosis. She was treated by non-covered Ultraflex stent followed by chemoradiotherapy. Twenty months after stent placement, more than half of the distal end of the stent was fractured and caused airway stenosis, while there was no tumor regrowth. After dilation by balloon and bougienage using an endotracheal tube, an additional non-covered Ultraflex stent was placed within the first one, resulting in successful dilation. The patient is now well without any problem with the stent, 12 months after the second stent placement. (Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 13: 195-197) |
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Key words: stent, Ultraflex, tracheal stenosis, balloon, bougienage |
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Received August 28, 2006; accepted for publication October 23, 2006.
Address reprint requests to Hiroaki Nomori, MD, PhD: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1–1–1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860–8556, Japan. |
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