BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Technical developments have facilitated the implantation of metallic stents and the use of endobronchial electrocautery through a flexible bronchoscope to reestablish airway patency in @entity1 with @entity1224 . Their application in a 180-bed @entity5 center is described. @entity1 AND METHODS: From August 2000 to December 2001, 12 @entity1 (2 @entity1 , 10 @entity1 , mean age 53.3 yr) were treated by insertion of a @entity19926 ( @entity19926 ). Malignant @entity1224 was the indication for the procedure in nine @entity1 , two of whom underwent preliminary debulking using @entity19926 with or without electrocautery. Severe benign subglottic or @entity6184 was the indication for the procedure in two @entity1 . The remaining @entity1 with @entity418 received a double bronchial and esophageal @entity19926 due to involvement of a @entity292 . RESULTS: Symptomatic improvement was seen in all 12 @entity1 . Removal was performed in one @entity1 . Five @entity1 died during follow-up with a median survival of 44 days, attributed to the advanced stage of recurrent disease. The median follow-up for the six surviving @entity1 was 23 weeks. No major short-term complications of the procedure were found. CONCLUSIONS: @entity19926 is a promising technique for the management of @entity1224 . The stent is selected according to the specific clinical situation. Metallic and @entity1346 stents are complementary. @entity19926 should not be used in @entity1 who require only temporary relief of @entity3885 .

Self-expandable metallic tracheobronchial stent insertion and endobronchial electrocautery with flexible bronchoscopy: preliminary results at a XXXX center.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS', 'men'] @entity19926 :: ('MESH:C566362', 'Disease') :: ['self-expandable metallic tracheobronchial stent', 'SEMS'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity3885 :: ('MESH:D008173', 'Disease') :: ['tracheobronchial obstruction'] @entity6184 :: ('MESH:D014135', 'Disease') :: ['tracheal stenosis'] @entity1346 :: ('MESH:D012828', 'Chemical') :: ['silicone'] @entity292 :: ('MESH:D005402', 'Disease') :: ['non-obstructing bronchoesophageal fistula'] @entity418 :: ('MESH:D004938', 'Disease') :: ['esophageal cancer'] @entity1224 :: ('MESH:D000402', 'Disease') :: ['airway obstruction']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['cancer']
