Open surgery for removal of a failing Gianturco stent with reversed sleeve resection of the right middle and lower lobes.

Although the use of a metallic stent in the treatment of benign tracheobronchial stenosis has been reported as a useful and safe technique, the incorporation of wire stents into the airway may be irreversible and is associated with problems. The authors' experience in a patient with incorrectly positioned metallic stent in the right main bronchus, which was successfully treated with bronchial sleeve resection, is presented.