Foreign body in the trachea: Fragmentation and migration
| Autor: | Surendra Y. Lele, Anagha A. Kurulkar, Sudhakar B. Ogale, Juthika H. Sheode |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Larynx medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Crying business.industry General surgery Foreign Bodies medicine.disease Surgery Radiography Trachea medicine.anatomical_structure Foreign-Body Migration Otorhinolaryngology Swallowing Aerodigestive Tract Child Preschool Accidental medicine Humans Foreign body medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Otolaryngology. 18:274-276 |
| ISSN: | 0196-0709 |
| Popis: | For many centuries, foreign bodies in the aerodigestive tract have provoked interesting conversation among otolaryngologists. Foreign bodies in the larynx or respiratory passage are almost always caused by accidental inhalation. Children, especially between 1 to 3 years, appear to be more vulnerab1e.r Children’s natural propensity of gaining knowledge by putting things into the mouth, their inability to masticate well, and their inadequate control of deglutition, beside a habit of crying, shouting, playing, or laughing during meals, constitute some predisposing factors.‘z3 The aim of this article is to report the unusual course of a long-standing foreign body in the trachea. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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