Airway Stent Selection & Troubleshooting
Covers sizing strategies, deployment workflows, complication prevention, emergent rescue tactics, and post-placement surveillance algorithms for airway stents.
Track your progress—Airway Stent Selection & Troubleshooting will stay highlighted in the catalog.
Exam mapping & scope
This chapter covers device selection, indications/contraindications, sizing and deployment, complication prevention/management, and special scenarios (post‑transplant anastomotic disease, tracheobronchomalacia, and aerodigestive fistulas). Emphasis is on practical, exam‑relevant decisions for malignant and nonmalignant central airway obstruction (CAO), including contemporary options (customized/3‑D printed and bioabsorbable stents).
Focus this round
- Sizing pearls
- Deployment pitfalls
- Rescue algorithms
Orientation
Target audience: IP fellows and practicing pulmonologists Blueprint section: Therapeutic bronchoscopy; central airway obstruction; benign stenosis; fistula management; lung transplant complications; device selection and troubleshooting
Interactive chapter
Expand sections to review focused notes. Search filters headings and body copy in real time.