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A new airway spiral stent designed to maintain airway architecture with an atraumatic removal after full epithelization—Research of feasibility and viability in canine patients with tracheomalacia

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Surgical management of tracheomalacia is a challenge, with current treatments still presenting numerous complications. In the field of veterinary medicine, this same pathology is present in a significant number of… Click to show full abstract

Surgical management of tracheomalacia is a challenge, with current treatments still presenting numerous complications. In the field of veterinary medicine, this same pathology is present in a significant number of dogs. For this reason, we present an experimental clinical trial performed on canines with tracheobronchomalacia, using a new atraumatic removable tracheal spiral stent (SS). Both implantation procedure and clinical improvement have been analyzed in this study.

Keywords: spiral stent; designed maintain; airway spiral; new airway; stent designed; stent

Journal Title: Pediatric Pulmonology
Year Published: 2020

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