Removal of Retrievable Self-Expandable Metallic Tracheobronchial Stents: An 18-Year Experience in a Single Center.
Jung-Hoon ParkPyeong Hwa KimJi Hoon ShinJiaywei TsauoMin Tae KimYoung Chul ChoJin Hyoung KimHo-Young SongPublished in: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology (2016)
Removal of REMSs in patients with benign and malignant tracheobronchial strictures is safe and technically feasible. Bronchoscopic guidance may be required when the removal using a hook wire fails. The presence of granulation tissue was the negative predictor of primary technical success.
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