Open AccessTo Investigate the Effect of Targeted Overdilation in Balloon-Expandable Stents
Author(s) -
Josephine Wong,
Elliot Backer,
Joseph C. Keenan,
H. Erhan Dinçer,
Roy Joseph Cho
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical devices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-1470
DOI - 10.2147/mder.s336933
Subject(s) - stent , balloon , radiology , medicine , biomedical engineering , materials science , surgery
Balloon-expandable stents are commonly used for the treatment of tracheobronchial strictures. We routinely perform targeted overdilation of these stents 1-2mm on initial deployment to prevent stent migration or allow foreshortening to target airway caliber; however, specific data on the effect of targeted overdilation is unknown.