The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 248-249.e1 , July 2010

Balloon-guided, tapered, Polyflex stent guidance: An atraumatic technique for successful stent placement through tight, rigid airway stenoses

  • Moishe Liberman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Moishe Liberman, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 1560 rue Sherbrooke Est 8e CD, Room D-8051, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2L 4M1.
    • ,
  • John C. Wain, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Mass

Received 20 May 2009 ,Revised 14 September 2009 ,Accepted 17 September 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01426-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.061

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 248-249.e1 , July 2010

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