FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF INTRATRACHEAL PLEDGETTED REPAIR SUTURES

Authors
BAUMGARTNER F
Citation
F. Baumgartner, FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF INTRATRACHEAL PLEDGETTED REPAIR SUTURES, Journal of the National Medical Association, 90(3), 1998, pp. 181-182
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of the National Medical Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00279684
Volume
90
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
181 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-9684(1998)90:3<181:FBROIP>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
This article describes the use of a flexible bronchoscope to remove pl edgetted repair sutures within the trachea. The use of a flexible scop e to remove densely adherent material is difficult but occasionally ne cessary.