Airflow obstruction caused by a malignant tracheal tumor may be managed ... suggesting that the implantation of a stent with intermittent magnetic heating did not lead to any prominent systemic ...

In-vivo efficacy of biodegradable ultrahigh ductility Mg-Li-Zn alloy tracheal stents for pediatric airway obstruction. Communications Biology , 2020; 3 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01400-7 Cite ...

A tracheal T-tube is shaped like the letter ... but similar patient-specific 3D printed lower airway Y-stents do have FDA approval. A Y-stent is used to relieve obstructions in the lower airways ...

Doctors in Sweden have performed the first-ever implant of a synthetic ... In the past, people with tracheal tumors have been treated with chemotherapy, radiation or a stent to try to keep the ...

Doctors from northwest China's Shaanxi Province recently performed a successful and rare tracheal surgery ... doctors set the dissolving time of the printed stent beforehand.

"Using commercial non-biodegradable metal or silicone based tracheal stents has a risk of severe complications and doesn't achieve optimal clinical outcomes, even in adults," said Prashant N.