In Reply to: Case 0400_01 -- Bronchial Stent Placement Using "Kissing-Balloon" Technique posted by Editor on April 04, 2000 at 17:09:03:
I think, in this case, a "kissing stent" technique was necessary since placement of one stent would encrouch on the origin of the other bronchus. Of course, the concern here is one of pure mechanical obstruction of the other bronchus from the radial force of the stent.