Management of foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree in adults: A 10-year experience

Authors
Athanassiadi, K Kalavrouziotis, G Lepenos, V Hatzimichalis, A Loutsidis, A Bellenis, I
Citation
K. Athanassiadi et al., Management of foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree in adults: A 10-year experience, EURO J SURG, 166(12), 2000, pp. 920-923
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
ISSN journal
11024151 → ACNP
Volume
166
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
920 - 923
Database
ISI
SICI code
1102-4151(200012)166:12<920:MOFBIT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Objective: To report our experience of foreign bodies in the tracheobronchi al tree in adults. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Teaching hospital, Athens. Subjects: 25 patients referred to the department of thoracic surgery for tr eatment. Interventions: Bronchoscopic extraction in 16, thoracotomy with bronchotomy in 5, and resection in 4. Results: No major complications and no deaths. Conclusion: Bronchoscopic extraction is usually possible, but thoracotomy a nd bronchotomy or resection may be necessary.