Self-expanding covered metallic stents as a transition to silicone stent implantation in management of severe post-tuberculosis bronchial stenosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Post-tuberculosis bronchial stenosis (PTBS) is one of the most common complications of tracheobronchial tuberculosis. Silicone stent serves as a major treatment for maintaining airway patency. However, silicone stent placement remains a large challenge in patients with severe cicatricial PTBS. Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of covered, self-expanding, metallic stents (SEMSs) as a transition to silicone stent implantation for treating severe PTBS.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients with severe PTBS who received airway stenting in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University between September 2015 and May 2019. The types of the stent, intervention procedures, bronchoscopic findings, clinical outc

SUBMITTER: Zhou ZQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8165876 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature