P1-014: Easy endobronchial resection technique with a new device

Abstract

We evaluated the effects and results of our endobronchial treatment modalities in 13 patients whose oncologic treatments were stopped because of postobstructive pneumonia and atelectasis due to left secondary carinal tumor. Three of the patients were females and 10 of them were males. The mean age was 55 years (49-63). The diagnosis was metastatic lung cancer in 2 cases, small cell lung cancer in 1 case and non-small cell lung cancer in 10 cases. In all cases chemotherapeutic agents were stopped due to postobstructive pneumonia and fever; radiotherapy could not be applied because of atelectasis. Endobronchial treatments were performed for tumoral lesion in left secondary carinal region and modified y-stents were implanted. The relief of the postobstructive pneumonia and atelectasis were provided in 12 of the cases. In these cases, radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments were initiated. Therapeutic bronchoscopic procedures are used in lung cancer cases routinly, but no y-stent implantation for secondary carinal lesions are reported. We believe that this procedure will provide a chance to treat lung cancer patients.

Airway Interventions in the Tracheobronchial Tree

“…A small number of successful cases have been recently reported in the literature. 71,72 STENTS Airway stents are hollow tubular devices designed to maintain the patency of the tracheobronchial tree. It is easy to imagine the perfect stent being capable of stabilizing the airway despite external pressure, and being biocompatible or nonirritating, easy to insert and remove, resilient, sterile, not prone to migration, and affordable.…”