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Accidental ingestion of a tracheal stent
L E Mattison1, M D Frye, N A Collop
1Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29412, USA.
Chest
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 53-year-old man with tracheobronchomalacia had two stents placed in his airways to maintain patency. He ingested one of the tracheal stents that was inadvertently dislodged during a brief coughing episode. The swallowed stent was recovered without complications.