Long-Term Follow-Up of Ultraflex Metallic Stents in Benign and Malignant Central Airway Obstruction Syed A. Husain, MRCP, David Finch, BS (Hons), Manzoor Ahmed, MBBS, Anthony Morgan, FRCS, Martin R. Hetzel, MD, FRCP The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 83, Issue 4, Pages 1251-1256 (April 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.066 Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Ultraflex stent. (A) Stent bound onto introducer. (B) Released standard and covered stents. (C) Releasing stent at bronchoscopy. (D) Fully released stent. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 83, 1251-1256DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.066) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for benign (dotted line, tick mark, survivors) and malignant conditions (solid line; diamonds, survivors) treated with Ultraflex endobronchial stents. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 83, 1251-1256DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.066) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions