Use of a fenestrated silicone drain to stent a malignant tracheobronchial stenosis.
Open Access
- 1 September 1990
- Vol. 45 (9) , 711-712
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.45.9.711
Abstract
An innovative use of a fenestrated silicone drainage tube as an endobronchial stent is reported. The patient had respiratory obstruction due to a carinal tumour and laser photoresection had failed to restore airway patency.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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