Dataset Information

Feasibility of Bioengineered Tracheal and Bronchial Reconstruction Using Stented Aortic Matrices.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Airway transplantation could be an option for patients with proximal lung tumor or with end-stage tracheobronchial disease. New methods for airway transplantation remain highly controversial.

Objective

To establish the feasibility of airway bioengineering using a technique based on the implantation of stented aortic matrices.

Design, setting, and participants

Uncontrolled single-center cohort study including 20 patients with end-stage tracheal lesions or with proximal lung tumors requiring a pneumonectomy. The study was conducted in Paris, France, from October 2009 through February 2017; final follow-up for all patients occurred on November 2, 2017.