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Securing tracheal stents: a new and simple method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Alasdair Mace ,
Gurpreet Sandhu  and
David Howard
Alasdair Mace
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
Gurpreet Sandhu
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
David Howard
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
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Abstract

Indwelling silastic stents have been used in the subglottis and upper trachea to manage laryngotracheal abnormalities. A number of methods of fixation have been described. The authors describe a quick and simple method of fixing endoluminal tracheal stents using a single suture.

Keywords

LarynxTracheaPathologic ConstrictionStents
Type
Brief Report
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 119 , Issue 3 , March 2005 , pp. 207 - 208
Copyright
© 2005 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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