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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;131:253-254
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Letter to the Editor |
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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To the Editor:
We read with interest Vinograd and colleagues' article
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on the management of airway obstruction in children by using self-expandable metal stents (SEMS). We commend the authors on a thorough and detailed description of the difficulties encountered in treating children with this complex problem. The options available to treat pediatric airway obstruction include surgical resection and anastomosis (including slide tracheoplasty), silicone (eg, Dumon) stents, Montgomery T-tubes, and SEMS. Recently, there has been
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