Research Article

Clinical Study of Airway Stent Implantation in the Treatment of Patients with Malignant Central Airway Obstruction

Table 1

Features of first airway stent placement in 98 MCAO patients.

VariableTotal number of cases (n = 98)

Anesthesia
Partial72 (73.47%)
Anesthesia26 (26.53%)
Stent
Trachea46 (46.94%)
Left main bronchus19 (19.39%)
Right main bronchus21 (21.43%)
Right middle bronchus4 (4.08%)
Left main bronchus + right main bronchus3 (3.06%)
Right middle bronchus + right distal bronchus1 (1.02%)