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Management of tracheal and bronchial stenoses with the Gianturco stent.

Carrasco CH, Nesbitt JC, Charnsangavej C, Ryan B, Walsh GL, Yasumori K, Lawrence DD, Wallace S
Ann Thorac Surg. 1994 58 (4): 1012-6; discussion 1017

PMID: 7524459 · DOI:10.1016/0003-4975(94)90446-4

Thirty-six cancer patients with symptomatic tracheobronchial stenoses received Gianturco tracheobronchial stents over a 9-year period. Symptoms improved in 28 patients (78%). The overall median survival was 1 month 3 weeks (range, 4 days to 35 months). The median survival for patients who showed improvement after receiving stents was 3 months compared with 1 week for those who did not respond. Complications were minimal. The Gianturco stent may palliate symptoms of tracheobronchial compression in selected cancer patients.

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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Bronchial Diseases Constriction, Pathologic Female Humans Male Middle Aged Neoplasms Palliative Care Stents Survival Analysis Tracheal Stenosis Treatment Outcome

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