Innovative use of a Montgomery cannula in the bronchoscopic management of tracheal stenosis and failed tracheostomy decannulation

Haidong Huang; Changming Chen; Harmeet Bedi; Chong Bai; Qiang Li; Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt; Paul Zarogoulidis

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.07.014

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2017)

Innovative use of a Montgomery cannula in the bronchoscopic management of tracheal stenosis and failed tracheostomy decannulation

Haidong Huang,
Changming Chen,
Harmeet Bedi,
Chong Bai,
Qiang Li,
Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt,
Paul Zarogoulidis

Affiliations

Haidong Huang: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
Changming Chen: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
Harmeet Bedi: Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Chong Bai: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
Qiang Li: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt: Sana Clinic Group Franken, Department of Cardiology/Pulmonology/Intensive Care/Nephrology, “Hof” Clinics, University of Erlangen, Hof, Germany
Paul Zarogoulidis: Pulmonary Department, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.07.014
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. C
pp. 130 – 132

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Background: Endoprosthesis are being used in the everyday clinical practice either as a permanent solution or transient. They can be used in both benign and malignant situations. Case presentation: We report a case in which a temporary Montgomery cannula is used in conjunction with therapeutic bronchoscopy to manage a patient with failed tracheostomy decannulation secondary to a distal complex tracheal stenosis. Conclusions: This innovative use of the Montgomery cannula allowed for successful management of the patient's tracheal stenosis and subsequent tracheostomy tube decannulation.

Published in Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-0071 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/respiratory-medicine-case-reports/

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