Study findings from University of Ulsan provide new insights into fistula

Fresh data on fistula are presented in the report 'Tracheal stricture and fistula: management with a barbed silicone-covered retrievable expandable nitinol stent.' "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a barbed silicone-covered retrievable expandable nitinol stent in preventing stent migration in patients with tracheal strictures or fistulas. Under fluoroscopic guidance, barbed silicone-covered retrievable expandable nitinol stents were placed in 15 patients with tracheal strictures, two patients with fistulas, two patients with combined strictures and fistulas, and one patient with variable extrathoracic airway obstruction," researchers in Seoul, Korea...

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