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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1545-1546
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

How To Do It

Self-Made Tracheal Stomal Stent Using a Tracheal T-Tube

Samuel Garcia, MD, Jose Maria Gimferrer, MD, Manoli Iglesias, MD, Miguel Catalan, MD, Elisabeth Martinez, MD, Paolo Macchiarini, MD, PhD*

Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Accepted for publication October 6, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Macchiarini, Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Villaroel 170, Barcelona, 08036 Spain (Email: pmacchiarini{at}clinic.ub.es).

Adapting a silicone tracheal safe T-tube is a simple method to guarantee upper airway permeability. Its making and availability ease offers a cheap and valid option to avoid the complications of the tracheostomy tube.






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