Bronchomalacia, a weakness of the bronchus due to the reduction and/or atrophy of the longitudinal elastic fibers or impaired cartilage integrity, is a rare respiratory disease in children. Green and colleagues1,2 first used a 3-dimensional printed (3DP) polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffold to suspend the malacic bronchus and achieved excellent therapeutic results. However, few cases have been reported on the application of this technology or the clinical features of scaffold in vivo. Herein, a pediatric patient with left mainstem bronchomalacia was cured using the 3DP PCL scaffold technique.
Bronchomalacia, a weakness of the bronchus due to the reduction and/or atrophy of the longitudinal elastic fibers or impaired cartilage integrity, is a rare respiratory disease in children. Green and colleagues1,2 first used a 3-dimensional printed (3DP) polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffold to suspend the malacic bronchus and achieved excellent therapeutic results. However, few cases have been reported on the application of this technology or the clinical features of scaffold in vivo. Herein, a pediatric patient with left mainstem bronchomalacia was cured using the 3DP PCL scaffold technique.