Airway stents, similar to vascular stents, are devices designed to keep tubular structures open and stable. Airway stents are intended for placement in the central tracheobronchial tree. Depending on ...

Multidetector CT (MDCT) scans are highly accurate in detecting airway stent complications according to a recent study performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in ...

Mountain View, CA, May 16, 2007 -- Broncus Technologies, Inc., today announced the start of its EASE (Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema) Trial to explore an investigational procedure that may offer a ...

A flexible bronchoscopy is a medical procedure that allows a doctor to examine the inside of the airways. Doctors pass a tube-like device into the airways to diagnose medical conditions, take biopsies ...