OPEN SURGICAL REMOVAL OF TRACHEOBRONCHIAL FOREIGN-BODIES - A CASE-REPORT

Tracheobronchial foreign bodies can usually be extracted by skillful a pplication of endoscopic techniques. The authors report on experience in the treatment of an infant in whom a plastic object was extracted b y an open surgical approach. The authors discussed clinical presentati on and treatment options in the treatment of this patient who had a pl astic pencil top lodged in the lung. In highly selected cases, an open surgical procedure entails less risk than endoscopic extraction. Copy right (C) 1998 by W.B. Saunders Company.