tantalum/cough

Airway reflexes are difficult to study in conscious animals because associated changes in ventilation alter intrathoracic airway dimensions. By studying an isolated segment of extrathoracic trachea, we have overcome this problem. In each of 2 dogs, we created surgically an isolated tracheal segment

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long-term mechanical behavior in vivo of expandable endobronchial wire stents, we imaged three different prostheses in the treatment of tracheobronchial disease. METHODS Six patients with bronchial stenoses (three benign, three malignant) underwent insertion of metallic

Structural tracheal stenoses have different functional effects according to degree, localization and extent of the stenosis. Further modifications are due to malacic components within the range of the stenosis or tracheal segments abutting on the stenosis. Nineteen patients with mainly cervical

Sixty eight adults of both sexes (33 patients with clinically and endoscopically verified tracheobronchial collapse; 35 persons without disease of the central airways) underwent continuous cinetracheographic studies of the wall-movements of the central airways during various respiratory maneuvers.