Placement of self-expandable bifurcated metallic stents without use of fluoroscopic and guidewire guidance to palliate central airway lesions

Table 1 Dermographical characteristics and interventions

Patients’ number, n	14
Age	58.14 ± 8.48
Sex (f/m), n	2/12
Diagnosis
Airway obstruction due to lung cancer Bronchomediastinal fistula due to thyroid papillary carcinoma Tracheosophageal fistula due to eosophageal carcinoma	12 1 1
ASA score	2.64 ± 0.74
Diode laser	4
Argon plasma coagulation	2
Balon dilatation or mechanical desobstruction	9
Stents used†	14

ASA score : American Society of Anesthesiologists score
†9 patients 16 × 12 × 12 mm size Y type self expandable metalic stents (SEMS), 2 patients 18 × 14 × 14 mm size Y type SEMS, 3 patients 20 × 14 × 14 mm size Y type SEMS

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