ELLA STORIES
A Story of Hope from Brazil
ELLA-CS' biodegradable stent helped the patient leave the hospital after 303 days of hospitalization and return to normal life. More than a year after the stent implantation, the patient is still free of breathing problems.
Biodegradable stent implantation after bilateral lung transplantation
A biodegradable stent was successfully inserted into the airway of a 23-year-old patient, in Brazil.
FIRST PEDIATRIC PATIENT WITH A BD STENT IMPLANTED
At the age of 5, Igor swallowed a cleaning product by mistake and it cauterized his esophagus. The subsequent treatment was very drastic for the little boy.
„I always had terrible pain after that. I could not eat or drink.“
Danis stent as a bridge to liver transplantation
A Danis stent had to be implanted in a 66-year-old woman, so she could undergo a liver transplantation.
MARYAM – BD tracheal saves life of an Omani patient
Sidra Medicine has performed a lifesaving airway stent intervention on a four-year Omani girl Maryam.