A stent is a hollow tube that can be placed in your airway to open the narrowed area and help you breathe. A stent opening the narrowed area of an airway. The stent can be placed in either your trachea or your bronchi, depending where the narrow area is.
The implantation of self-expandable stents is a minimally invasive method of managing benign tracheal stenosis. Although a small subset of patients may benefit from placement, the majority of patients have complications that require intervention to maintain a patent airway. Thoughtful discretion is critical in selecting patients for this intervention.
SURGICAL PROCEDURES
- ICU Stay: No
- HOSPITAL Stay: 2 days
- TOTAL Stay in TURKEY (range in DAYS*; unless any other complications!): 4-5 Days
GENERAL INFO
Before Surgery
- Consultations – (Preop – *(Only Anesthesia and Chest Diseases are preoperatively included in the total charges!): Anesthesia and Chest Diseases (if needed)*
- Blood Tests: Yes (Hemogram, Serology, Biochemistry, Blood type)
- Chest X-Ray: Yes (*Bilateral; PA and Lateral Chest X-Rays & Bilateral Cervical X-Ray)
- Abdominal X-Ray: No
- PFT (Pulmonary Function Test): No
- V/Q Scan (Lung Ventilation / Perfusion Scan): No
- Chest and/or Abdominal CT Scan: Yes, Chest CT Scan / 3D Tracheogram* – *(If the patient have the CT scans already done, then no need to take additional CT scans preop)-*(Not included in the total charge)
- PET / CT Scan (Positron Emisson Tomography): No
- MRI (Chest, Abdomen and/or Brain) – *(If the patient have the MRI already done, then no need to take additional MRI preop): If needed! (*Not included in the total charges!)
- Bone Scan: No
- USG / Ultrasonography (Chest, Abdomen, and/or others) – (*Not included in the total charges!): No
During Surgery
- General Anesthesia: Yes
- Local/Regional Anesthesia: No
- Local Anesthesia + Sedation: No
- Spinal / Epidural Anesthesia: No
- PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia; Epidural or IV route! – *(NOT included in the total charges!): No
After Surgery
- HOSPITAL STAY after the ICU period, if ever: 2 Days
- STAY AT HOTEL after being discharged from Hospital – *’Wound Dressing’ Everyday till the Control Day!: 2-3 Days
- First CONTROL Day: 5th Day after Stent Insertion!
- Discharged to HOME – *Take your prescription – DO NOT FORGET! – Patient generally could have “a safe flight to home” after the FIRST CONTROL!: 5th Day after Stent Insertion!
- After – Surgery (4th Week) – Needs CONSULTATIONS by “Medical AND Radiation Oncology Clinics”: Yes and Control the location of the stent by PA and Lateral Chest X-Ray!
- Late – CONTROLS (1st -3rd – 6th – 12th -24th months in concordance with “the Medical & Radiation Oncology Departments Followups”)!: Yes, if *cancer is being reported!