Novel Designed V-shaped Silicone Stent for the Treatment of Unilateral Main Bronchial Stenosis

Benign main bronchial stenosis may cause a potentially life-threatening condition. Airway silicone stenting is an important option of bronchoscopic treatments for patients with main bronchial stenosis. However stent migration is 1 of the most frequent complications and requires repeated bronchoscopic interventions. To resolve this issue we therefore describe here a novel designed V-shaped silicone stent for the treatment of unilateral main bronchial stenosis. This method may be widely applied to clinical practice to prevent stent migration. (Ann Thorac Surg 2022;113:e215-e218) (c) 2022 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).