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[Endobronchial stenting in bronchial stenosis following lung transplantation]
M R Kramer1, E Milgalter, T Sasson
1Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah-University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem.
Harefuah
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
Endobronchial stricture is not an uncommon complication following lung transplantation and may cause significant morbidity and mortality. We report our experience in a 36-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man who underwent lung transplantation and developed stenosis in the anastomotic area. Implantation of a silicone stent in 1 patient and an expandable metal stent in the other were successful. Both patients developed infections with Aspergillus fumigatus, 1 of whom died of fungal dissemination.