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Expandable metal stents for tracheal obstruction: permanent or temporary? A cautionary tale.

An expandable metal stent inserted via a long term tracheostomy successfully relieved life threatening respiratory obstruction due to benign tracheal stenosis. Later the patient's tracheostomy suction catheter became stuck on the stent and dislodged it. The stent was removed electively, without...

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Main Authors: Hind, C R, Donnelly, R J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1992
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC474817/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1440476
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