Case Reports
February 15, 2016
Vol. 65 No. 1 (2006): Pulmonary series
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2006.589

Collapse of a new type of self-expanding metallic tracheal stent

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Tracheal stenosis, stent, bronchoscopy
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R. Trisolini
marco.patelli@ausl.bologna.it
Unit of Thoracic Endoscopy and Pulmonology, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
D. Paioli
Unit of Thoracic Endoscopy and Pulmonology, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
V. Fornario
Biomedical Engineer, Private Advisor, Bologna, Italy.
L. Lazzari Agli
Unit of Pulmonology, City Hospital, Rimini, Italy.
D. Grosso
Unit of Pulmonology, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
M. Patelli
Unit of Thoracic Endoscopy and Pulmonology, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Airway stent insertion is a procedure increasingly used in patients with complex post-intubation tracheal stenosis (PITS) who are unfit for or refuse surgery [1-3]. Very recently, a new self-expanding metallic stent (Alveolus TB-STSTM, Alveolus Inc., Charlotte, NC, USA) which is supposed to be easy to remove and for which indication for the treatment of benign tracheobronchial conditions has been obtained from the FDA, has been put on the market and is under evaluation. We report on a very unusual complication of an Alveolus tracheal stent in a patient with PITS.

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“Collapse of a New Type of Self-Expanding Metallic Tracheal Stent”. 2016. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 65 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2006.589.