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Wire stent for tracheomalacia in a five-year-old girl.

Abstract
A wire stent was used successfully to treat life-threatening tracheomalacia in a 5-year-old girl. Wire stents placed bronchoscopically are nonobstructing and have the potential for balloon expansion to accommodate growth.
AuthorsM Bousamra 2nd, J S Tweddell, R G Wells, M L Splaingard, J R Sty
JournalThe Annals of thoracic surgery (Ann Thorac Surg) Vol. 61 Issue 4 Pg. 1239-40 (Apr 1996) ISSN: 0003-4975 [Print] Netherlands
PMID8607691 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
Topics
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromosome Deletion
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Stents
  • Trachea
  • Tracheal Diseases (diagnosis, therapy)

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