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Title:

Y-nitinol airway stent for management of central airway compression due to metastatic colon cancer.

Document type:
Case Reports; Journal Article
Author(s):
Hauck, RW; Born, P; Helmberger, H; Bülau, S; Lembeck, RM; Rösch, T
Abstract:
Tumor masses in the area between the esophagus and the tracheobronchial tree can lead to complications involving both systems, mainly strictures and compressions. Malignant esophageal strictures are nowadays often treated by insertion of a metal stent which, however, can cause airway compression especially in the proximal area. We present here a new method of creating a Y-stent out of two self-expandable tracheal nitinol stents, utilizing fiber bronchoscopy, in a 55-year-old woman with advanced...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Endoscopy
Year:
2003
Journal volume:
35
Journal issue:
10
Pages contribution:
858-60
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1055/s-2003-42615
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14551866
Print-ISSN:
0013-726X
TUM Institution:
II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Gastroenterologie)
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