Nitinol Tracheal Stents

Used in case of tracheal obstruction

Nitinol Tracheal Stents
What is it?

The stent is a highly flexible metal mesh designed to reconstruct the trachea. A properly placed tracheal stent relieves severely constricted airways and prevents trachea from collapsing. Treatment of trachea collapse is a difficult and often symptomatic treatment is administered, which will not remove the primary cause of coughing and dyspnoea. Pharmaceutical drugs are used in the initial stage of collapse, in more advanced stages a treatment is needed – we insert a tracheal stent.





Stents

Stents application
How is it done?

Self-expanding tracheal stent, made of nitinol
(nickel-titanium) mesh is inserted into the trachea to clear blocked or narrowed airways, the size of the stent is selected based on the X-ray image according to the principle: Diameter +30% to the diameter of the trachea measurement from X-ray. Length: lower limit 1.0 to 1.5 cm from the splitting of the trachea. Upper limit: 3-4 tracheal ring.
The location of the stent in the trachea is done under the control of the endoscope (with a working channel for air exchange), the diameter of the endoscope must be appropriate to the diameter of the trachea, it is characterized by high elasticity, durability and endurance. Thanks to their flexibility, they are easy to insert into each patient. Thanks to bloodless and fast stent implantation, the procedure is safer for the patient. Large choice of diameters and lengths, stent structure and impact on the tracheal mucosa allows maintaining proper transport of ciliary mucus.










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A step-by-step application

See how our friendly doctors apply a stent to a small patient. You can see step by step what tools you need to use and how it looks in practice.