Severe Bronchomalacia in a 65-Year-Old Man Treated With Stent Insertion Instead of Surgical Bronchoplasty

نویسندگان

  • Tom G. Sutedja
  • Jan C. de Graaf
  • Franz M. Schramel
  • Klaas W. Van Kralingen
  • Pieter E. Postmus
چکیده

Bronchomalacia in adults is rare. A case is reported here of a 65-year-old man with severe cough and mucostasis, caused by a benign bronchomalacia of the ventral wall of the left main bronchus. This was treated successfully with the insertion of a silicone Dumon stent as an alternative to surgical bronchoplasty.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

دوره 1  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 1995