Preclinical evaluation of a pediatric airway stent for tracheobronchomalacia | Zendy

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Preclinical evaluation of a pediatric airway stent for tracheobronchomalacia

Author(s) -

Abhijit Mondal,

Junhyoung Ha,

Vickie Y. Jo,

FeiYi Wu,

Aditya K. Kaza,

Pierre E. Dupont

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458

H-Index - 192

eISSN - 1085-8687

pISSN - 0022-5223

DOI - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.03.007

Subject(s) - h&e stain , medicine , mucus , tracheobronchomalacia , stent , airway , mucociliary clearance , in vivo , pathology , animal model , animal study , foreign body , bronchoscopy , staining , radiology , surgery , lung , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

We sought to demonstrate in an animal model that helical stents made from a nickel titanium alloy called nitinol (NiTi) and designed for malacic airways could be delivered and removed without significant trauma while minimally impeding mucus clearance during the period of implantation.

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