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Naoko Ose1, Masayoshi Inoue, Masato Minami
1Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. naokoose@toneyama.go.jp
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|April 14, 2012
Abstract:
A 64-year-old man, who had received chemoradiation therapy for stage IIIB non-small-cell lung cancer, underwent stent insertion with a covered expandable metallic stent for post-radiation bronchial stenosis. Stenosis due to formation of granulation tissue at the distal stent site resulted in critical respiratory failure. The stent was removed after 43 months, using rigid bronchoscopy.
