Complications of silicone Y stents placed due to malignant airway stenosis.
Conclusions: The best palliative treatment of malignant tumor stenosis around the main carina is still silicone Y stent placement, but the long-term complication rate can be high. For this group of patients, bronchoscopy to be performed at the first and third months after silicone Y stent placement may provide early detection of stent-edge tissue development.
PMID: 31130132 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Tuberkuloz ve Toraks - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Aktaş Z, Öztürk A, Yılmaz A, Kızılgöz D, Yurtseven G Tags: Tuberk Toraks Source Type: research
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