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Expandable Metallic Stent Placement in Upper Tracheal Stenosis

Value of Laryngeal Masks

Noboru Tanigawa1, Satoshi Sawada1, Yoshikazu Okuda1, Mitsuharu Sougawa1, Atsushi Komemushi1, Masayuki Kojima1, Yuzo Hirokawa1 and Takashi Asai2

1 Department of Radiology, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8507 Japan.
2 Department of Anesthesiology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8507 Japan.



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  		Fig. 1. —Photograph shows bronchoscope being advanced through laryngeal mask.

 


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  		Fig. 2. —Diagram shows airway kept open by laryngeal mask. Whole trachea distal to glottis is freely passable.

 


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  		Fig. 3A. —65-year-old man with tracheomalacia. Radiograph obtained after initial stent placement using topical anesthesia shows stents below targeted site (arrowheads).

 


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  		Fig. 3B. —65-year-old man with tracheomalacia. Radiograph obtained after second stent placement using laryngeal mask shows stents successfully placed at target site.

 

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