Foreign body aspiration through tracheotomy: a case report
| Autor: | Ricardo Rodrigues Figueiredo, Walter S. Machado |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Metallic foreign body bronchoscopy Glottis medicine.medical_treatment Bronchi Tracheotomy Bronchoscopy medicine Humans foreign bodies Aged Bronchus medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry bronchus medicine.disease Surgery tracheotomy medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Foreign body aspiration Foreign body Chest radiograph business |
| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology. 71:234-236 |
| ISSN: | 1808-8694 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s1808-8694(15)31316-1 |
| Popis: | SummaryA 70 year-old man, with a 7-year tracheotomy because of a laryngeal tumor, had an accident during daily canulla cleansing procedure, aspirating a piece of the cleaning brush. Chest radiograph showed metallic foreign body at the right inferior bronchus. Rigid bronchoscopy was performed under general anesthesia, with no resistance in passing the tube through the glottis. The foreign body was easily removed and the patient had no complications. After leaving the hospital, the patient was sent to the ENT service where he used to be followed up. |
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