Clinical Study
Fully Covered Metallic Stents for the Treatment of Benign Airway Stenosis
Table 1
Patients, stenosis, and stent characteristics.
| Patients’ characteristics | Stenosis characteristics | Stent characteristics | Number of previous stents | Number | Age | Sex | Diagnosis | Type | Degree | Location | Length | Type | Dimensions |
| 1 | 31 | M | PITS | S4-D1 | 4 | II | 30 | Straight | | 1 | 34 | M | PITS | S4-D1 | 4 | II | 30 | Straight | | 2 |
| 2 | 56 | M | PITS | S4 | 4 | II | 15 | Straight | | 2 | 56 | M | PITS | S4 | 4 | II | 15 | Straight | | 3 |
| 3 | 56 | M | PITS | S4 | 2 | I | 10 | Straight | | 0 |
| 4 | 54 | F | PITS | S4 | 3 | I | 35 | Straight | | 1 |
| 5 | 59 | F | AS-LTX | S4-D1 | 2 | V | 15 | Straight | | 0 | 61 | F | AS-LTX | S4-D1 | 4 | V | 15 | Straight | | 1 |
| 6 | 62 | F | AS-LTX | S4 | 4 | V | 20 | Straight | | 0 |
| 7 | 51 | M | AS-LTX | S4-D1 | 5 | V | 20 | Straight | | 0 |
| 8 | 77 | F | AS-SL | S4 | 3 | IV | 20 | Straight | | 0 |
| 9 | 57 | F | AS-LTX | D1 | 4 | V | 10 | Straight | | 0 |
| 10 | 61 | F | AS-LTX | S4-D1 | 4 | V | 10 | Straight | | 0 |
| 11 | 54 | F | AS-LTX | S4 | 3 | V | 15 | Straight | | 4 |
| 12 | 57 | M | AS-LTX | D1 | 3 | V | 50 | Straight | | 0 | 57 | M | AS-LTX | D1 | 3 | V | 50 | Straight | | 1 |
| 13 | 58 | M | AS-LTX | S4 | 4 | V | 10 | Straight | | 0 | 58 | M | AS-LTX | S4 | 4 | V | 25 | Straight | | 1 |
| 14 | 58 | F | AS-LTX | D1 | 4 | V | 35 | Straight | | 0 |
| 15 | 49 | M | PITS | S4-D1 | 3 | I | 30 | Straight | | 0 |
| 16 | 65 | F | AS-LTX | S4 | 4 | V | 15 | Straight | | 0 |
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M = male, F = female, PITS = postintubation tracheal stenosis, AS = anastomotic stricture, SL = sleeve lobectomy, LTX = lung transplantation.
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