Is Long-Term Stenting for Benign Airway Obstruction Effective?

State of the art and operative technique for spray cryotherapy for central airway obstruction (CAO)—a narrative review

“…The risk of ignition also limits their use in proximity to airway implants such as stents (13,14). Airway stents, on the other hand, though convenient and easy to deploy, come with their own set of complications such as granulation tissue formation, neo-epithelialization, stent migration and mucus plugging (15). There is a need, therefore to explore more effective alternative therapies for CAO.…”