Subcutaneous fixation model for complex stenting of recurrent laryngotracheal stenosis.

Background: A straight silicone stent can be used to treat proximal benign tracheal stenosis in non-surgical candidates. However, stent migration is a common complication when placed at a particular location and can lead to major complications. This case series of laryngotracheal stenosis reports a fixation method for straight silicone stents in the subglottic trachea (Stage 3 of the McCaffrey classification).

Bronchotracheal Stenting Management by Rigid Bronchoscopy under Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Support: 10 Years of Experience in a Tertiary Center.

Purpose: Airway stenting offers good palliation and improves the quality of life in patients with inoperable bronchotracheal stenosis. However, in some cases, the management of stenting can be life-threatening. Hence, a strategy for maintaining oxygenation and hemodynamic stability should be anticipated to avoid critical situations.

A Patient with GOLD Stage 3 COPD « cured » by One-Way Endobronchial Valves.

Lung hyperinflation is a main determinant of dyspnoea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Surgical or bronchoscopic lung volume reduction are the most efficient therapeutic approaches for reducing hyperinflation in selected patients with emphysema. We here report the case of a 69-year old woman with COPD (GOLD stage 3-D) referred for lung volume reduction.

Corrigendum to "Fully Covered Metallic Stents for the Treatment of Benign Airway Stenosis".

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1155/2016/8085216.].

Fully Covered Metallic Stents for the Treatment of Benign Airway Stenosis.

We herein report our experience with new fully covered self-expanding metallic stents in the setting of inoperable recurrent benign tracheobronchial stenosis. Between May 2010 and July 2014, 21 Micro-Tech® FC-SEMS (Nanjing Co., China).

Complete disappearance of lung abnormalities on high-resolution computed tomography: a case of histiocytosis X.

A case of pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, proved by both lung high-resolution computed tomography and lung biopsy, is described. Following smoking cessation, lung nodules and cysts gradually disappeared on serial computed tomography scans, with complete clearance of the lesions after 12 months. The role of tobacco smoking is discussed, in detail, against the background of the literature.