Removal of a Tracheal Mesh Stent: How I Do It

Massimiliano Manera; Vincenzo Patruno; Paolo Vailati; Giuseppe Morana; Ernesto Crisafulli; Giulia Sartori; Nadia Castaldo; Alberto Fantin

doi:10.7759/cureus.32140

Removal of a Tracheal Mesh Stent: How I Do It

Cureus. 2022 Dec 2;14(12):e32140. doi: 10.7759/cureus.32140. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Massimiliano Manera¹, Vincenzo Patruno², Paolo Vailati², Giuseppe Morana², Ernesto Crisafulli¹, Giulia Sartori¹, Nadia Castaldo³, Alberto Fantin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Respiratory Medicine Unit, University of Verona and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, ITA.
² Department of Pulmonology, S. Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, ITA.
³ Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital of Udine (ASUFC), Udine, ITA.

Abstract

We illustrate how to remove a stent from the tracheal lumen 12 years after its deployment. Maintaining the stent in situ for a long time degrades the stent materials, making it fragile and very difficult to manipulate. A rigid bronchoscopy approach was chosen for the treatment of this case. We describe the preparation of the intervention and its execution step by step.

Keywords: bronchoscopy; rigid bronchoscopy; stent; trachea; tracheal stenosis.

Publication types

Case Reports