Abstract:
:A 53-year-old man with tracheobronchomalacia had two stents placed in his airways to maintain patency. He ingested one of the tracheal stents that was inadvertently dislodged during a brief coughing episode. The swallowed stent was recovered without complications.
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Chestjournal_title
Chestauthors
Mattison LE,Frye MD,Collop NAdoi
10.1378/chest.108.3.875subject
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1995-09-01 00:00:00pages
875-6issue
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1931-3543pii
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