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• Three-dimensional printed trachea helps to design tailored treatment for tracheobronchomalacia

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  • R. Dziedzic
  • G. Rzyman
  • W. Rzyman

  - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine - Year 2020

  Tracheobronchomalacia is a rare respiratory disease that is manifesting by impaired ventilation with expiratory collapse of the tracheal wall due to softening of the supporting cartilage and hypotonia of myoelastic elements [1]. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment. We report the case of 39 -year old man with exacerbation of chronic respiratory distress. The membranous wall of the trachea and the large bronchi was stretched to...

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