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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, Desk F-24, Cleveland, OH 44195

(Email: murthys1@ccf.org).

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Obstructing tracheobronchial disease, particularly when resection and reconstruction is not an option, poses significant management difficulty. The cause is largely malignant or a sequela of cancer treatment (eg, radiation induced), although systemic inflammatory disease is occasionally implicated. Length of involved airway, patient fitness, disseminated malignancy or prior therapy, or a combination of these can affect treatment options, which are generally palliative and primarily center on restoration of airway patency through endobronchial stenting.

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