This protocol lets us investigate drug-eluting stents in a small animal model of laryngotracheal stenosis letting us leverage genetically modified animals in a cost effective manner. Transoral placement of the drug-eluting airway stent spares the
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Laryngotracheal stenosis results from pathologic scar deposition that critically narrows the tracheal airway and lacks effective medical therapies. Using a PLLA-PCL (70% poly-L-lactide and 30% polycaprolactone) stent as a local drug delivery system, potential therapies aimed at decreasing scar proliferation in the trachea can be studied.