Videobronchoscopy Visualization of De Novo Cartilage Formation After Stent Removal Following Airway Reconstruction Using a Stented Aortic Matrix

Videobronchoscopy imaging from 2 representative patients (patients 20 and 8) who underwent airway reconstruction with a stented aortic matrix. At the time of imaging, the patients were breathing normally through newly formed airways. Generated cartilage was strong enough to avoid airway collapse.