Open AccessFully Covered Self-Expandable Metal Stent in Tracheobronchial Disorders: Clinical Experience
Author(s) -
Roberto Marchese,
Grazia Poidomani,
Giuseppe Paglino,
Claudia Crimi,
Chiara Lo Nigro,
Vincenzo Argano
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000368614
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , surgery , gastroenterology
The third-generation fully covered self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) has been developed to solve the problems of difficult removal and in-stent granuloma formation related to the uncovered or partially covered type. There are few written reports about the performance of this type of stents with early encouraging results.
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