Airway stenting has emerged as a critical intervention for managing tracheal obstructions arising from both malignant and benign conditions. These devices are designed to maintain airway patency ...

Shillong: A groundbreaking medical intervention was conducted for the first time in the northeast India at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, The procedure provided.

Airway Stents Airway stents, similar to vascular stents, are devices designed to keep tubular structures open and stable. Airway stents are intended for placement in the central tracheobronchial tree.

A multidisciplinary team of doctors in the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Science ...

Additionally, approximately 15,000 airway stents are placed yearly worldwide. The number and complexity of procedures that can be performed in the bronchoscopy unit is increasing.

In the group that received a stent plus abciximab, the median size of the final infarct was 14.3 percent of the left ventricle (25th and 75th percentiles, 6.8 and 24.5 percent), as compared with a ...

AIRWAY obstruction as a feature of emphysema was first described by Laennec, but the exact site and nature of this obstruction has been controversial. Laennec 1 stressed the importance of organic ...

Airway epithelial cells act as a physical barrier against environmental toxins and injury, and modulate inflammation and the immune response. As such, maintenance of their integrity is critical.