Foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree: management and complications

Accidental inhalation of a foreign body into the air passages is not an uncommon occurrence in any age group, but it is more frequent in the younger age group. Thirty-seven of the 47 patients (78.7 percent) in the present study were under 16 years of age. Most of the foreign bodies were found in the...

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Published in:Journal of the National Medical Association 1986-06, Vol.78 (6), p.511-516
Main Authors: Adeyemo, A O, Bankole, M A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Bronchi
Bronchoscopy
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Foreign Bodies - complications
Foreign Bodies - diagnostic imaging
Foreign Bodies - therapy
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Original Communications
Radiography
Trachea
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Summary:Accidental inhalation of a foreign body into the air passages is not an uncommon occurrence in any age group, but it is more frequent in the younger age group. Thirty-seven of the 47 patients (78.7 percent) in the present study were under 16 years of age. Most of the foreign bodies were found in the right bronchus. In this series, 73.9 percent of the interbronchial foreign bodies were recovered by bronchoscopy, while 6.5 and 19.6 percent were recovered during emergency tracheotomy and bronchotomy, respectively. The mortality in this series was 6.4 percent.
ISSN:0027-9684
1943-4693