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IMAGE: Researchers demonstrate for the first time the successful use of a completely biodegradable magnesium-alloy tracheal stent, pictured, that safely degrades over the course of eight weeks and does not require. view more
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Pediatric laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS), a narrowing of the airway in children, is a complex medical condition. While it can be something a child is born with or caused by injury, the condition can result in a life-threatening emergency if untreated.
Treatment, however, is challenging. Depending on the severity, doctors will use a combination of endoscopic techniques, surgical repair, tracheostomy, or deployment of stents to hold the airway open and enable breathing.
Student returns to village and builds e-commerce success chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-12-14 13:30 Share CLOSE Hu Chunqing arranges costumes for display at his studio in Caoxian county, East China s Shandong province, on Dec 11, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Hu Chunqing, a PhD student at the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dalian University of Technology, returned to his hometown in 2018.
In Daji township of Caoxian county, East China s Shandong province, Hu continued his studies. At the same time, he helped his wife Meng Xiaoxia to start a business, selling performance costumes and
hanfu, traditional Chinese clothing.
This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, performance costumes did not sell well, and Hu began to focus on