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  • Title: Management of tracheal and bronchial stenoses with the Gianturco stent.
    Author: Carrasco CH, Nesbitt JC, Charnsangavej C, Ryan B, Walsh GL, Yasumori K, Lawrence DD, Wallace S.
    Journal: Ann Thorac Surg; 1994 Oct; 58(4):1012-6; discussion 1017. PubMed ID: 7524459.
    Abstract:
    Thirty-six cancer patients with symptomatic tracheobronchial stenoses received Gianturco tracheobronchial stents over a 9-year period. Symptoms improved in 28 patients (78%). The overall median survival was 1 month 3 weeks (range, 4 days to 35 months). The median survival for patients who showed improvement after receiving stents was 3 months compared with 1 week for those who did not respond. Complications were minimal. The Gianturco stent may palliate symptoms of tracheobronchial compression in selected cancer patients.
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