Swallowing of a dynamic tracheal stent: An unusual complication

ENÖN S., KAYI CANGIR A., Ökten I.

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks, cilt.55, sa.1, ss.92-94, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 55 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Dergi Adı: Tuberkuloz ve Toraks
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.92-94
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Complication, Dynamic stent, Tracheal stenosis
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Cicatricial tracheal stenoses are mainly related to iatrogenic injury as postintubation, posttracheotomy or postoperative. Advances in airway prosthetics have provided a variety of silicone stents and expandable metal stents as a therapeutic option for tracheal stenoses. Nowadays, dynamic tracheal stents are performed prevalently for the treatment of tracheal stenosis. Four major problems are currently associated with airway stents: Mucostasis, formation of granulation tissue, infection and migration. In this report, we present a case of swallowing a tracheal dynamic stent as an unusual complication of tracheal stents.