Open AccessSafety and Efficacy of a Fully Covered Self-Expandable Metallic Stent in Benign Airway Stenosis
Author(s) -
Marc Fortin,
Yves Lacasse,
Xavier Elharrar,
Rachid Tazi-Mezalek,
Sophie Laroumagne,
Julien Guinde,
Philippe Astoul,
Hervé Dutau
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000472155
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , stenosis , airway , tracheal stenosis , self expandable metallic stent , radiology , surgery
The use of self-expandable metallic stents (SEMS) in benign airway disease was the object of a boxed warning from the United States Food and Drug Administration in 2005 due to the risk of stent-related complications and difficulties associated with their removal. Third-generation fully covered SEMS have been commercialized since this warning and theoretically should not present the same difficulties associated with removal as they cannot become embedded in the airway mucosa.