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CD Hospital performs rare surgery of implanting SEMS

The Chest Disease Hospital, Srinagar, conducted a rare and complicated surgery implanting a Self-expanding Tracheobronchial Y-shaped metallic stent (SEMS) in a patient diagnosed with cancerous growth of windpipe (trachea) hence compromising the airway/oxygenation. By performing this procedure, the CD Hospital has made its mark in the field of international Pulmonology thus registering a great achievement in the history of Chest Medicine.