Open AccessPlacement of tracheobronchial silicone Y-stents: Multicenter experience and systematic review of the literature
Author(s) -
Inderpaul Singh Sehgal,
Sahajal Dhooria,
Karan Madan,
Vallandramam Pattabhiraman,
Ravindra Mehta,
Rajiv Goyal,
Jayachandra Akkaraju,
Ritesh Agarwal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.209241
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , silicone , airway obstruction , surgery , airway , tracheoesophageal fistula , bronchoscopy , fistula , radiology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Airway obstruction or tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) near the tracheal carina requires placement of Y-shaped stents. Herein, we describe our multicenter experience with the placement of Dumon silicone Y-stents. We also conduct a systematic review for studies describing the deployment of airway silicone Y-stents.