Open AccessSevere Bronchomalacia in a 65‐Year‐Old Man Treated WithStent Insertion Instead of Surgical Bronchoplasty
Author(s) -
Tom G. Sutedja,
Jan C. de Graaf,
Franz M.N.H. Schramel,
Klaas W. van Kralingen,
Pieter E. Postmus
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1029-0516
pISSN - 1026-714X
DOI - 10.1155/dte.1.227
Subject(s) - medicine , left main bronchus , surgery , stent , right main bronchus , bronchus , bronchoscopy , respiratory disease , lung
Bronchomalacia in adults is rare. A case is reported here of a 65-year-old man with severe cough and mucostasis, caused by a benign bronchomalacia of the ventral wall of the left main bronchus. This was treated successfully with the insertion of a silicone Dumon stent as an alternative to surgical bronchoplasty.
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