Central airway obstruction is a problem facing all medical and surgical subspecialists caring
for patients with chest diseases. The incidence of this disorder appears to be rising because …

Stents and tubes to maintain the patency of the airways are commonly used for malignant
obstruction and are occasionally employed in benign disease. Malignant airway obstruction …

BACKGROUND There is significant variation between physicians in terms of how they
perform therapeutic bronchoscopy, but there are few data on whether these differences …

BACKGROUND There are significant variations in how therapeutic bronchoscopy for
malignant airway obstruction is performed. Relatively few studies have compared how these …

Goals/objectives To review the scientific evidence on symptoms and specific complications
that are associated with lung cancer, and the methods available to palliate those symptoms …

ABSTRACT AS offers rapid and sustained relief of symptoms in most patients treated for
malignant or benign CAO and can also be curative in itself in cases of benign …

Interventional pulmonology (IP) provides comprehensive care to patients with structural
airway disorders and pleural diseases. A growing armamentarium of diagnostic and …

Airway stenting has been well used in the treatment and palliation of patients with malignant
stenoses and to a lesser extent in those with benign disease causing airway compromise …

Background The most serious complications of airway stenting are long term, including
infection and granulation tissue formation. However, to our knowledge, no studies have …

I. Introduction A stent is a hollow, cylindrical prosthesis that maintains luminal patency and
provides support for a graft or anastomosis. It is named after Charles Stent, a British dentist …