• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.5-8
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• 2004

Stenosing airway disease is classified as intraluminal obstruction, extrinsic compression, and malacia by the anatomical site of the lesion. Stenting therapy is indicated for symptomatic relief of life-threatening dyspnea caused by the last two types. Airway stents are made with metal mesh and/or silicone rubber, and currently more than 20 kinds of stent are available. Among many kinds of silicone stent, the Dumon stent is mostly widely used for benign and malignant airway stenoses, but general anesthesia and rigid bronchoscopy are needed for insertion. It can be removed when the stenosing airway disease subsides completely. In many clinical studies, most patients $(85-90\%)$ improved immediately after stenting, and procedure-related mortality was low $(<3\%)$ in experienced centers. Stent displacement, mucus impaction, and granulation tissue formation are potential complications. Stenting is one of many effective therapeutic modalities for stenosing central airway disease. Careful patient selection, experiences, and continuous development of new technology will bring better results.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2009

Objectives: Endoscopic airway dilatation and stenting has been developed to treat the airway stenosis without potential morbidities of open surgery. We report the clinical results of endoscopic airway dilatation with silicone stenting in patients with posttuberculous bronchial stenosis(PTBS) and with severe main tracheal stenosis who have poor general conditions Methods : A prospective observation study of five patients, who have undergone endoscopic airway dilatation and silicone stenting between Feb 2007 and Feb 2009. A total of twelve patients were treated with endoscopic airway dilatation, among them 5 patients were included in this study. three patients were treated with newly designed silicone stent (Natural stent: TNO Co., Seoul, South Korea) because of poor surgical conditions and longer stenotic segment Results: 3 patients were grade III PTBS, and the other 2 patients were grade IV post tracheotomy main tracheal stenosis. One patient of PTBS were treated with silicone stent following endoscopic dilatation because of longer stenotic segment. Two patients of main tracheal stenosis patients were treated with silicone stent because of tracheal lumen collapse. There was no severe postoperative complications except mild granulation tissue formations Conclusions : Endoscopic dilatation including silicone stenting could be a useful method for treating patients with PTBS, and for main tracheal stenosis patients with poor general surgical conditions

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제76권6호
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• pp.292-294
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• 2014

Primary tracheal amyloidosis (PTA) can lead to airway obstructions, and patients with severe PTA should undergo bronchoscopic interventions in order to maintain airway patency. Focal airway involvements with amyloidosis can only be treated with mechanical dilatation. However, the PTA with diffused airway involvements and concomitant cartilage destructions requires stent placement. Limited information regarding the usefulness of silicone stents in patients with PTA has been released. Therefore, we report a case of diffused PTA with tracheomalacia causing severe cartilage destruction, which is being successfully managed with bronchoscopic interventions and silicone stent placements.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제86권4호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2023

The healing process of tracheobronchial tuberculosis (TB) results in tracheobronchial fibrosis causing airway stenosis in 11% to 42% of patients. In Korea, where pulmonary TB is still prevalent, post-TB tracheobronchial stenosis (PTTS) is one of the main causes of benign airway stenosis causing progressive dyspnea, hypoxemia, and often life-threatening respiratory insufficiency. The development of rigid bronchoscopy replaced surgical management 30 years ago, and nowadays PTTS is mainly managed by bronchoscopic intervention in Korea. Similar to pulmonary TB, tracheobronchial TB is treated with combination of anti-TB medications. The indication of rigid bronchoscopy is more than American Thoracic Society (ATS) grade 3 dyspnea in PTTS patients. First, the narrowed airway is dilated by multiple techniques including ballooning, laser resection, and bougienation under general anesthesia. Then, most of the patients need silicone stenting to maintain the patency of dilated airway; 1.5 to 2 years after indwelling, the stent could be removed, this has shown a 70% success rate. Acute complications without mortality develop in less than 10% of patients. Subgroup analysis showed successful removal of the stent was significantly associated with male sex, young age, good baseline lung function and absence of complete one lobe collapse. In conclusion, rigid bronchoscopy could be applied to PTTS patients with acceptable efficacy and tolerable safety.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.512-517
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• 2005

목 적 : 성인에서는 기관연화증이나 악성종양에 의한 기도폐쇄시에 기관지내시경을 이용한 풍선확장술과 스텐트 적용이 일반적으로 고려되고 있으나, 소아에서는 그 예가 적으며 최근 수술적 치료가 불가능한 경우에 스텐트를 적용한 몇몇 보고가 있었다. 저자들은 기관 또는 기관지 협착을 가진 소아에게 스텐트를 적용한 6례를 경험하였기에 보고하고자 한다. 방 법 : 1998년부터 2004년까지 서울아산병원에서 스텐트를 적용한 소아 6명의 의무기록을 검토하였다. 대상 환아의 연령과 진단명, 시술 후 호흡기 증상의 호전 여부와 스텐트 종류와 위치, 추적관찰 중에 발생한 합병증에 대하여 조사하였다. 결 과 : 스텐트 삽입을 시행한 환아의 중간연령은 21개월이었으며 3명은 인공환기요법을 시행하고 있었고 1명은 기관내 삽관술만 시행하였다. 진단명은 선천성 기관협착 1례, 선천성 기관협착과 동반한 기관지 연화증 1례, 기관지 칼시노이드로 우상엽 절제술을 시행한 이후에 생긴 기관지내 육아조직 형성 1례, 기관지 결핵으로 인한 기관지내 육아조직 형성 1례, 종격동의 미분화육종으로 인한 기도압박 1례, 장기간의 기관내 삽관 이후 발생한 육아조직에 의한 기관지협착이 1례였다. 스텐트를 삽입한 위치는 기관이 3례, 좌측 주기관지가 2례, 우측 기관지가 1례였고 스텐트는 Nitinol 스텐트였다. 스텐트 적용 이후 모든 예에서 호흡기 증상의 호전을 보였으며 1례에서 인공호흡기 치료를 중단할 수 있었고 1례에서 기관내 삽관을 제거하였다. 중간 추적 기간은 21개월이었고 2례는 기저질환에 의해 사망하였으며 4례는 스텐트 제거 이후에 특별한 호흡기 증상없이 잘 지내고 있다. 추적관찰 기간이 2개월 이하이었던 2례를 제외하고 모든 예에서 육아조직이 형성되는 합병증이 있었고 1례는 반복적인 폐렴으로 스텐트를 제거하였다. 결 론 : 기관 또는 기관지 협착을 가진 소아에 있어서 수술적 치료에 어려움이 있는 경우 또는 선천성 기관협착 환아에서 수술 전에 풍선확장술과 기관지내시경을 이용한 스텐트 삽입술은 안전하고 효과적인 방법으로 고려할 수 있겠다.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.17-21
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• 2004

Background Insertion of tracheal stent in the treatment of benign tracheal & bronchial disease has increased since the introduction of expandable metallic stent. Material & Methods : Between Jan, 1995 and Feb. 2004, eight patients who had benign tracheo-bronchial disease underwent insertion of expandable metallic tracheal stent. We retrospectively analyzed stent insertion indications, complications, and following the result. Results : Surgical indications were post-intubation tracheal stenosis (1 case), tracheal stenosis following tracheal surgery (2 cases), tracheo-esophageal fistula (2 cases), broncho-pleural fistula(1 case), left main bronchus stenosis following bronchoplasty (1 case), and left main bronchus stenosis due to mediastinal repositioning (1 case). Expandable metallic tracheal stent was inserted in five patients to resolve dyspnea caused by airway obstruction, and to prevent recurrent pneumonia in three patients. The complication developed in 6 patients $75\%$; 3 cases of distal stenosis due to growth of granulation tissue, and one case each of tearing of posterior membrane, aggravation of tracheo-esophageal fistula, and airway partial obstruction due to stent migration. The stent was removed in 5 patients and tracheal surgery (tracheal resection and end to end anastomosis with primary repair of esophagus, pericardial patch tracheo-bronchoplasty, tracheal repair and omental wrapping) was performed in 3 patients. Conclusion Insertion of self expandable metallic stent in benign tracheo-bronchial disease is an effective means of relieving dyspnea for only a short period, and it did not increase the long term survival. Better means of treatment of benign tracheo-bronchial stenosis in necessary.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.62-68
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• 2005

연구배경 : 양성 기도협착질환 환자에서 새로 개발된 Natural 기도스텐트의 임상결과를 Dumon 스텐트와 비교하였다. 방 법 : 양성 기도협착으로 스텐트를 삽입한 94명의 환자 (39 Dumon, 55 Natural)를 대상으로 임상증상, 시술 전 검사결과, 시술방법, 그리고 추적관찰시의 임상경과를 후향적으로 조사하였다. 결 과: 원인질환으로 기관지결핵 후 기도협착 (74%)이 가장 많았고, 기관삽관 후 기관협착 (20명), 기관절개술 후 기관협착 (2명)등이 있었다. 스텐트를 삽입한 후, 전체 94명의 환자 중 82명 (87%)에서 주관적으로 호흡곤란이개선되었고, Dumon 스텐트군(35/39, 90%)과 Natural 스텐트군 (47/55, 86%) 사이의 차이는 없었다. 모두 48명 (51%)에서 중앙값 14개월(범위6-37개월)후에 스텐트를 성공적으로 제거할 수 있었고, Dumon 스텐트군 (54%, 16개월 후) 과 Natural 스텐트군 (49%, 12개월 후)간의 차이는 없었다. 스텐트 삽입 후 부작용은 스텐트의 위치 변동이 45명 (48%)에서, 육아종 과형성이 41명 (44%)에서, 점액저류에 의한 스텐트 내경 50% 이상의 감소가 17명 (18%)에서, 그리고 스텐트 삽입 전후부위의 협착이 40명 (43%)에서 발생하였다. Dumon 과 Natural 스텐트를 삽입한 환자들 사이에서 부작용의 분포의 차이는 없었다. 결 론 : 새로 개발한 Natural 기도스텐트는 양성기도협착 환자에서 기존의 Dumon 스텐트와 대등한 임상 결과를 보여주고 있어, 기도 협착이 있는 환자의 치료에 유용하게 사용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2017

Anaplastic thyroid cancer is a rare disease entity consist 2% of whole thyroid cancer but once diagnosed, it is too fatal to survive. Airway obstruction is a leading cause of death in anaplastic thyroid cancer, which may be caused by both vocal cord palsy, mass effect of the cancer or direct invasion of the cancer itself to the tracheal lumen. Tracheal stent insertion can be a solution for airway compromised cases where surgical excision cannot be performed. The advantage is that the airway problem can be solved without invasive procedure. In this case, we tried expandable tracheal stent insertion for 66 years-old man with anaplastic cancer who visited ER for small amount of hemoptysis and dyspnea. There was severe tracheal narrowing and deviation due to the anaplastic thyroid cancer, ECMO (Extra Corporal Membrane Oxygenation) was used instead of a tracheal intubation for general anesthesia.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제78권1호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2015

An 18-year-old woman was evaluated for a chronic productive cough and dyspnea. She was subsequently diagnosed with mediastinal non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). A covered self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) was implanted to relieve narrowing in for both main bronchi. The NHL went into complete remission after six chemotherapy cycles, but atelectasis developed in the left lower lobe 18 months after SEMS insertion. The left main bronchus was completely occluded by granulation tissue. However, the right main bronchus and intermedius bronchus were patent. Granulation tissue was observed adjacent to the SEMS. The granulation tissue and the SEMS were excised, and a silicone stent was successfully implanted using a rigid bronchoscope. SEMS is advantageous owing to its easy implantation, but there are considerable potential complications such as severe reactive granulation, stent rupture, and ventilation failure in serious cases. Therefore, SEMS should be avoided whenever possible in patients with benign airway disease. This case highlights that SEMS implantation should be avoided even in malignant airway obstruction cases if the underlying malignancy is curable.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.10-16
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• 2008

Surgical resection and reanastomosis has been the treatment of choice in patients with tracheobronchial stenosis. Recent development of bronchoscopic intervention has been replacing the role of surgery in these patients. After summarizing the upto date data of bronchoscopic intervention, the proper management of tracheobronchial stenosis will be presented. Bronchoscopic intervention would be much effective when performed under rigid bron- choscopy, due to the stable patients' condition and endoscopic view. The usual method of intervention includes ballooning, Nd-YAG laser resection, bougienation, mechanical airway dilatation, stenting and photodynamic therapy. Silicone stents are very effective in patients with tracheobronchial stenosis to maintain airway patency. Bronchoscopic intervention provided immediate symptomatic relief and improved lung function in most of patients. After airway stabilization, stents were removed successfully in 2/3 of the patients at a 12-18 months post-insertion. Less than 5% of patients eventually needs surgical management. Acute complications, including excessive bleeding, pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum develops in less than 5% of patients but managed without mortality. Stent-related late complications, such as, migration, granuloma formation, mucostasis, and restenosis are relatively high but usually controlled by follow-up bronchoscopy. In conclusion, bronchoscopic intervention, including silicone stenting could be a useful and safe method for treating tracheobronchial stenosis.