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Volume 128, Issue 4, Supplement, October 2005, Page 326S
Poster PresentationsUSE OF SILICONE STENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TRACHEOBRONCHIAL STENOSIS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS
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Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the usefulness and safety of silicone stents placement and to compare those between widely used Dumon stents and newly designed Natural silicone stents in the management of tracheobronchial stenosis due to tuberculosis.
METHODS: The medical records of 69 patients (31 Dumon and 38 Natural) requiring the placement of 75 silicone stents (35 Dumon and 40 Natural) for airway stenosis due to tracheobronchial tuberculosis were reviewed and analyzed.
RESULTS: Ballooning was the leading
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