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[Treatment of specific foreign bodies in tracheobronchial].
Baoluo Wan, Song Ma, Guangke Wang, Youli Zhu, Wusheng Liu
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To improve effectiveness of diagnosis and therapy in patients with tracheobronchial specific foreign body. METHOD: Fourty-six cases with specific foreign bodies in the trachea and bronchi, admitted from March 1998 to June 2006, were analyzed retrospectively. RESULT: Forty-one of 46 the specific foreign bodies were successfully removed through bronchoscopy. Three cases were removed by chest surgery. Two cases were died. CONCLUSION: Suitable surgical instrument should be well selected and the best operation should be applied according to different conditions of the foreign bodies. Rigid bronchoscopy for removal of specific foreign bodies under general anesthesia is a main measure presently.