[Removal of an intratracheobronchial foreign body opaque to X-rays in a child within a context of inadequate medical technical equipment]

Rev Pneumol Clin. 2009 Apr;65(2):97-100. doi: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2008.12.003. Epub 2009 Apr 1.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Intratracheobronchial foreign bodies are common accidents in children. In developed countries, the removal of these intratracheobronchial foreign bodies is performed with flexible or rigid fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Resorting to surgery is rare. In the inadequate medical context described, suitable medical technical equipment doesn't exist. Removal alternatives are necessary in order to avoid sanitary evacuation which is not always within patients' means. In this study, the authors describe the removal of an intratracheobronchial foreign body opaque to X-rays with foreign body forceps. The forceps, passed through the orotracheal intubation probe, were guided by an image intensification system in a traumatology operating theatre.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bronchi
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Surgical Instruments
  • Trachea