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Thorax 2003;58:900 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.10.900
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Airway stents provide symptomatic relief

  1. P Macedo
  1. Ealing Hospital, UK; patmac@doctors.org.uk

    ▴ Wood DE, Liu Y, Vallières E, et al. Airway stenting for malignant and benign tracheobronchial stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg2003;76:167–74

    This paper reports the indications, techniques, and results of tracheobronchial stenting in the authors’ unit. One hundred and forty three patients underwent 309 stent procedures between May 1992 and December 2001. Malignancy was the most common indication (67% of cases). The main symptoms were dyspnoea, respiratory distress, …

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