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Case Reports
. 2017 Winter;29(4):563-565.
doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2017.05.016. Epub 2017 Jul 21.

Silicone Y-stent Placement for a Secondary Right Carina

Masahide Oki  1 , Hideo Saka  2 , Masashi Nakahata  2 , Yukio Seki  3
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Silicone Y-stent Placement for a Secondary Right Carina

Masahide Oki et al. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Winter.

Abstract

Recently, several authors have reported stenting into the right upper lobe bronchus using bifurcated stents, but little has been reported on stenting into the right middle or lower lobe bronchus. We report a case with metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma, who was successfully treated by rigid bronchoscopic intervention, including silicone Y-stenting on the carina between the right middle lobe bronchus and the lower lobe bronchus.

Keywords: Y-stent; airway stenosis; airway stent; central airway obstruction; leiomyosarcoma; rigid bronchoscopy.

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    Murthy SC. Murthy SC. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Winter;29(4):566. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2017.09.003. Epub 2017 Sep 13. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017. PMID: 28917525 No abstract available.

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