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

M Bousamra 2nd; J S Tweddell; R G Wells; M L Splaingard; J R Sty

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(95)01062-9

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

Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Apr;61(4):1239-40. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01062-9.

Authors

M Bousamra 2nd¹, J S Tweddell, R G Wells, M L Splaingard, J R Sty

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.

PMID: 8607691
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01062-9

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.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Bronchoscopy
Child, Preschool
Chromosome Deletion
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
Female
Humans
Stents*
Trachea
Tracheal Diseases / diagnosis
Tracheal Diseases / therapy*