Patient Selection The purpose of airway stenting is to relieve airway obstruction caused by strictures not suitable for resection and reconstruction. Historical attempts at airway stenting began in the 19th century, and tracheostomy tubes and...
Bronchoscopic alternatives to lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) have been recently proposed; the airway bypass [1-3] and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) are certainly one step beyond current LVRS practice....