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Case Reports
. 1989 Aug;44(8):680-1.
doi: 10.1136/thx.44.8.680.

Use of expandable metal stents in the treatment of bronchial obstruction

A K Simonds  1 , J D Irving, S W Clarke, R Dick
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Case Reports

Use of expandable metal stents in the treatment of bronchial obstruction

A K Simonds et al. Thorax. 1989 Aug.

Abstract

An expandable metal stent has been used to treat bronchial collapse due to polychondritis in one patient and extrinsic bronchial compression secondary to bronchogenic tumour in another.

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