OBJECTIVE: To report our experience of foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree in adults. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Teaching hospital, Athens. SUBJECTS: 25 patients referred to the department of thoracic surgery for treatment. INTERVENTIONS: Bronchoscopic extraction in 16, thoracotomy with bronchotomy in 5, and resection in 4. RESULTS: No major complications and no deaths. CONCLUSION: Bronchoscopic extraction is usually possible, but thoracotomy and bronchotomy or resection may be necessary.
OBJECTIVE: To report our experience of foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree in adults. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Teaching hospital, Athens. SUBJECTS: 25 patients referred to the department of thoracic surgery for treatment. INTERVENTIONS: Bronchoscopic extraction in 16, thoracotomy with bronchotomy in 5, and resection in 4. RESULTS: No major complications and no deaths. CONCLUSION: Bronchoscopic extraction is usually possible, but thoracotomy and bronchotomy or resection may be necessary.
Authors: Mohd Lateef Wani; Farooq Ahmad Ganie; Nasir-Ud-Din Wani; Abdul Gani Ahangar; Ghulam Nabi Lone; Hafeezulla Lone; Abdul Majeed Dar; Mohammed Akbar Bhat; Shyam Singh; Nadeem-Ul Nazeer; Shadab Nabi Wani Journal: Bull Emerg Trauma Date: 2013-10