Airway stent-related complications

Rates vary with the stent type and patient population. For further details please refer to the UpToDate text on this matter. Symptoms include increasing dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis, and respiratory failure or stridor. When complications are suspected, there should be a low threshold to perform bronchoscopy. Importantly, all stents place patient at risk of airway fire when locally ablative therapies (eg, laser, electrocautery, argon plasma coagulation) are required to treat tumor infiltration or granuloma formation.