Fayez Kheir, Daniel Ospina-Delgado, Jason Beattie, Rani Singh, Barbara Vidal, Paul A VanderLaan, Mihir Parikh, Alex Chee, Sidhu P Gangadharan, Jennifer Wilson, Adnan Majid
BACKGROUND: Surgical stabilization of the airway through tracheobronchoplasty (TBP) is the current treatment modality for patients with severe symptomatic excessive dynamic airway collapse. However, TBP is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Bronchoscopic treatment of the posterior membrane using argon plasma coagulation (APC) may be a safer alternative to TBP in highly selected patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of APC in the tracheobronchial tree of a sheep animal model...
July 1, 2021: Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology