Broadening the scope for three-dimensional printed airway stents

Abstract

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3D Printed tracheobronchial stents: personalized medicine in silicone

“…If 3D stents are commercially available, very few data have been reported in the literature8 , and indications are thus not clearly established. However, based on nine years of experience of use in clinical trials and routine, we have gained confidence regarding what may be the clear, potential, or bad indications.…”