Application of tracheal stomal stent for upper airway obstructions: report of four cases
Necdet Öz1,Metin Çevener2,Tülay Dikencik3,Murat Yılmaz3,Mustafa Özdoğan4
Current Thoracic Surgery
2018;3(1):017-021. (25 April 2018)
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Private Medstar Antalya Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
2Department of Radiology, Private Medstar Antalya Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
3Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Private Medstar Antalya Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
4Department of Medical Oncology, Private Medstar Antalya Hospital and Memorial Antalya Hospital, Antalya Turkey
DOI :
10.26663/cts.2018.0005
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Upper airway obstructions with malignant or benign causes have high mortality and morbidity rates
and may lead to sudden respiratory distress. Head-neck tumors, cervical esophagus tumors, longterm
intubation, and tracheostomies can lead to airway obstruction. Four cases (one with a long-term
intubation tracheomalacia and three with malignant upper airway obstructions) that tracheostomy
had been inadequate and performed tracheal stomal stent application were presented with literature.
These cases show that tracheal stoma stents are an effective method for providing airway palliation and
increasing quality of life.
Keywords :
upper airway obstruction, tracheostomy, tracheal stomal stent
