To Stent or not to Stent and if Stented When to Remove it? Glimpse of Interventional Pulmonology Conundrums with an Illustrative Series

Abhinav Agrawal¹, Susan Kagebein², Lenard Persaud⁴, Abhishek Agarwal⁵ and Nikhil Meena^3*

¹Department of Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

²Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, USA

³Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

⁴Respiratory Therapy, RRT- RPFT, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

⁵Pulmonary Endoscopy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Nikhil Meena, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, Tel: +1-501-920-2675 Email:

Keywords: Stent; Central airway obstruction; Tracheal fistulas; Trachea-esophageal fistula

Introduction