Benign Tracheobronchial Strictures: Long-Term Results and Factors Affecting Airway Patency After Temporary Stent Placement
Jin Hyoung Kim1,
Ji Hoon Shin1,
Ho-Young Song1,
Tae Sun Shim1,
Chang Jin Yoon2 and
Gi-Young Ko1
1 Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of
Medicine, 388-1, Poongnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, South Korea.
2 Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul,
South Korea.

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Fig. 1A Fluoroscopic images obtained during stent removal in 52-year-old
woman with a left main bronchial stricture caused by endobronchial
tuberculosis. Sheath with dilator is passed down over guidewire into proximal
stent lumen, and dilator is replaced with hookwire.
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Fig. 1B Fluoroscopic images obtained during stent removal in 52-year-old
woman with a left main bronchial stricture caused by endobronchial
tuberculosis. Sheath (arrows) with hookwire (arrowhead) is
then pulled out of stent so that hook grasps nylon drawstring of stent.
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Fig. 1C Fluoroscopic images obtained during stent removal in 52-year-old
woman with a left main bronchial stricture caused by endobronchial
tuberculosis. Proximal end of stent collapses while hookwire is withdrawing
drawstring into sheath. Entire assembly is then pulled out of bronchus.
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Fig. 3 Cumulative patency rate after temporary stenting according to
duration of stent placement in benign tracheobronchial strictures
(Kaplan-Meier analysis). Patients with 2-month stenting are represented by
solid line, and patients with 6-month stenting are represented by broken
line.
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