Airway Y-stent Insertion in Tracheobronchomalacia: A New Experience

• Main Authors: Kuan, Yeh Chunn, How, Soon Hin, Ng, Teck Han, Liam, C K, Ahmad, Mohd Ashri, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/28487/1/Airway_Y-stent_Insertion_in_Tracheobronchomalacia__A.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/28487/; http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/download/Volume%2011%20No%201/IMJM%20Vol11No1-2012-p51-54.pdf

This case report describes a rigid bronchoscopy-assisted placement of a silicone airway Y-stent in a patient who developed tracheobronchomalacia following repeated dilatations for post-tuberculous airway stenosis. This is the first report of an airway Y-stent insertion in Malaysia.