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Saber-sheath malacic trachea remodeled and fixed into a normal shape by long-term placement and then removal of gianturco wire stent  Ichiro Fukai, MD,

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1 Saber-sheath malacic trachea remodeled and fixed into a normal shape by long-term placement and then removal of gianturco wire stent  Ichiro Fukai, MD, Yosuke Yamakawa, MD, Masanobu Kiriyama, MD, Masahiro Kaji, MD, Motoki Yano, MD, Hidefumi Sasaki, MD, Yoshitaka Fujii, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 76, Issue 2, Pages (August 2003) DOI: /S (03)

2 Fig 1 Saber-sheath malacic trachea. (A) Bronchoscopy at admission demonstrates saber-sheath trachea deformity. (B) The trachea collapses almost completely during cough. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (03) )

3 Fig 2 Bronchoscopy at 18-month readmission shows prominent granulation ingrowth and disruption of the tracheal wire stent. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (03) )

4 Fig 3 Remodeled trachea. (A) Bronchoscopy at 7 months after removal of the wire stent, which demonstrates remodeled trachea. (B) The trachea no longer collapses during coughing. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (03) )


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