March 2017 – Airway Stenting
69 year old male with follow-up airway stent placement. Airway stents, also known as tracheobronchial prosthesis, are small tube shaped devices inserted into an airway used to treat narrow or weak airways and a variety of large airway diseases. Y-shaped airway stent was inserted into the patent trachea and central bronchi leading to improved aeration (air circulation) with re-expansion of the formerly atelectatic (partial or […]
