A new intratracheal stent made from nitinol, an alloy with “shape memory effect”

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Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery +14

Tracheobronchial tree: expandable metallic stents used in experimental and clinical applications. Work in progress.

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The Shape Memory (‘Marmem’) Effect in Alloys

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Treatment of tracheomalacia: Eight years' experience

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Medicine, Otolaryngology, Surgery +9

Long-term functional results of prosthetic airway splinting in tracheomalacia and bronchomalacia

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Medicine, Otolaryngology, Surgery +12