ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF A TRACHEAL STENT

Authors
MATTISON LE FRYE MD COLLOP NA
Citation
Le. Mattison et al., ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF A TRACHEAL STENT, Chest, 108(3), 1995, pp. 875-876
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
108
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
875 - 876
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1995)108:3<875:AIOATS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A 53-year-old man with tracheobronchomalacia had two stents placed in his airways to maintain patency He ingested one of the tracheal stents that was inadvertently dislodged during a brief coughing episode. The swallowed stent was recovered without complications.