Complications of airway self-expandable metallic stent in benign airway diseases.docVIP

Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology, 2013, 4, 113-117 ABB /10.4236/abb.2013.41A016 Published Online January 2013 (/journal/abb/) Complications of airway self-expandable metallic stent in benign airway diseases Fu-Tsai Chung Horng-Chyuan Lin , Shu-Min Lin , Chun-Liang Chou , Hao-Cheng Chen , Chih-Hsi Kuo , 1,2,3*# 1# 1,3 3,4 1 1 1 1 1 1* , Chien-Ying Liu , Chun-Hua Wang , Han-Pin Kuo , Chih-Teng Yu 1 2 3 4 Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan Department of Thoracic Medicine, Saint Paul’s Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan Department of Thoracic Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan Email: vikingchung@ * Received 5 November 2012; revised 17 December 2012; accepted 14 January 2013 ABSTRACT 1. INTRODUCTION Objectives: To present the complications of Ultraflex Self-Expandable Metallic Stents (SEMSs) applied in patients with benign tracheobronchial diseases. Meth- ods: Eighty patients received 124 SEMSs were retro- spectively reviewed in a tertiary hospital. Results: The baseline characteristics of patients received SEMS implantation including age (mean + standard devia- tion: 62.5 + 14.8 years), gender (male, 60.5%), smok- ing (46.8%), forced expiratory volume in first one second (FEV1) (mean + standard deviation, 0.92 + 0.41 L/s), follow-up days after SEMS implantation (median (interquartile range); 457 (131 - 897)) and covered SEMS (33.9%) were li