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How we did it: neopharyngeal stricture management with the nitinol stent in the laryngectomized patient: our disappointing results
Author(s) -
Thornton M.A.,
Conlon B.J.,
Timon C.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1749-4486
pISSN - 1749-4478
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2005.00971.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , surgery , radiology
Keypoints • Serial dilatation, the mainstay of benign ‘neopharyngeal’ stricture management, can have inconsistent results. • Nitinol stents, as a metallic self‐expanding coil, may have a role in such patients. • Such stents were inserted in four patients but two had to be removed because of intractable pain. • It is concluded that nitinol stents are unlikely to have a significant role in the management of neopharyngeal stricture management.