Suture fixation of tracheal stents for the treatment of upper trachea stenosis: a retrospective study

Abstract Background Stent migration is a common complication in treating trachea stenosis. There is no report concerning suture fixation of tracheal stent. The aim of this study was to investigate whether suture fixation of tracheal stent could avoid stent migration in patients with upper trachea st...

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Main Authors: Jingtao Huang, Zhongwei Zhang, Tao Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-018-0790-x