Langenbeck's archives of surgery
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Langenbecks Arch Surg · Jul 2007
Case ReportsExpandable metal stents as an alternative treatment of cuff-related tracheal stenosis in tracheostomy-dependent ventilated patients: a prospective study of nine cases and description of the complications.
In long-term intubated patients, cuff-related tracheal injury is occasionally complicated by tracheal stricture. To keep the airway patent, bougienage and deployment of stents are adopted in patients unfit for surgery. ⋯ EMS appears to have a role to play in tracheostomy-dependent ventilated patients with benign tracheal stenoses in whom there are no other reasonable options.