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 ...

When coronary blood vessels are constricted, cardiologists try to prevent a heart attack by widening them with small grid-like implants called stents ... the surrounding tracheal tissue," says ...

"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.

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 ...

It uses a pro-healing mechanism that recruits the patients’ own recuperative abilities to control the healing response following stent implantation,” Stephen Rowland, PhD, vice president of ...

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 ...