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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:324
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Ultraflex expandable metallic stents: difficulties in benign tracheal stenoses

Bernd Schmidt, MDa, Christian Witt, MDa

a Division of Pneumology, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical School (Charité) of Humboldt University of Berlin, Charité Campus Mitte, Schumannstr 20/21, D-10098 Berlin, Germany

e-mail: b.schmidt@charite.de

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article by Madden and coworkers regarding their experiences with Ultraflex Metallic stents [1]. We agree with their encouraging experiences concerning immediate effects and regarding tumorous stenoses. Concerning the treatment of benign tracheal stenoses, we feel obliged to report long-term difficulties with metallic stents that are of some importance. Like Madden and associates, we implanted covered Ultraflex-Stents in several nontumorous tracheal stenoses. In three cases, penetration of granulation tissue through the open stent . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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