TY - JOUR T1 - Nitinol stent insertion in tracheomalacia JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 770 LP - 771 DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208143 VL - 71 IS - 8 AU - Carmen Pizarro AU - Darius Dabir AU - Georg Nickenig AU - Dirk Skowasch Y1 - 2016/08/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/71/8/770.abstract N2 - A 69-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with progressive dyspnoea accompanied by inspiratory stridor. He presented a history of surgical aortic valve replacement 3 years previously, complicated by prolonged postoperative mechanical ventilation requiring percutaneous tracheostomy. Presently, bronchoscopy evidenced tracheomalacia (TM) with subtotal tracheal stenosis. CT scan confirmed long segment narrowing >20 mm of the upper trachea (figure 1). Operative retracheostomy resulted in repeated tube dislocation … ER -