Brief Report: PDF OnlyGuide Wire-Assisted Simplified Insertion of Silicone Endobronchial ProsthesesNoppen, Marc M.D.; Meysman, Marc M.D.; Dhondt, Erwin M.D.; Monsieur, Ingrid M.D.; Verhaeghe, Wim M.D.; Vincken, Walter G. M.D., Ph.D.Author Information Respiratory Division, Academic Hospital AZ-VUB, University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium Journal of Bronchology: April 1995 - Volume 2 - Issue 2 - p 135-138 Free Abstract Central airway obstruction due to extrinsic compression and/or tracheomalacia can often be managed by insertion of tracheobronchial endoprostheses (stents). Of the various types and models of prostheses described, probably the greatest experience has been obtained with silicone Dumon-Artemis stents. for which we recently described an alternative, simplified insertion technique. We now report our experience with guide wire-assisted simplified insertion of a Dumon-Artemis stent, in a patient in whom there was no airway lumen visibility distal to the obstruction. © Williams & Wilkins 1995. All Rights Reserved.
