Title |
A simple management option for chronically impacted sharp tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children
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Published in |
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, April 2018
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DOI | 10.1186/s40463-018-0272-0 |
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Authors |
Sherif Idris, Russell A. Murphy, Manisha Witmans, Hamdy El-Hakim |
Abstract |
Distally impacted chronic tracheobronchial sharp foreign bodies in children are a management challenge that presents with clinical subtlety and extreme variability. The use of image guided techniques, imaginative instrumentation, tracheotomy, thoracotomy, and even extracorporeal membrane oxygneation have been reported. Endoscopy is made difficult by the distal location, inflammatory reaction with granulation tissue formation, and bleeding obscuring the foreign body. Our aim is to describe our experience with two children who had removal of aspirated impacted sharp metallic foreign bodies from the distal airway using rigid bronchoscopy, preceded by maximal medical therapy. |
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