Indications for Open Surgical Removal of Airway Foreign Bodies

Airway foreign bodies can usually be extracted by skillful application of endoscopic techniques. We report our experience in the management of 2 infants in whom sharp, pointed objects dictated consideration for an open surgical approach. Clinical presentation and treatment options will be discussed in the successful management of these 2 patients, one with a crab claw in the subglottis and the other with an electronic diode in the lung. Extensive training and a full complement of modern instruments are required, but in highly selected cases, an open surgical procedure entails less risk than endoscopic extraction.

[1]  T. Płusa,et al.  [Foreign bodies in the bronchial tree]. , 1992, Pneumonologia i alergologia polska.

[2]  T. Zimmermann,et al.  Tracheobronchial aspiration of foreign bodies in children: A study of 94 cases , 1990, The Laryngoscope.

[3]  D. Tuggle,et al.  An appropriate negative bronchoscopy rate in suspected foreign body aspiration. , 1989, American journal of surgery.

[4]  R. Lan,et al.  Use of fiberoptic bronchoscopy to retrieve bronchial foreign bodies in adults. , 1989, The American review of respiratory disease.

[5]  P. Kero,et al.  Tracheobronchial foreign bodies. A persistent problem in pediatric patients. , 1989 .

[6]  M. Nachiappan,et al.  Laryngo-tracheo-bronchial foreign bodies in children , 1988, The Journal of Laryngology & Otology.

[7]  D. Vane,et al.  Bronchoscopy for aspirated foreign bodies in children. Experience in 131 cases. , 1988, Archives of surgery.

[8]  J. Browne,et al.  Tracheobronchial foreign bodies , 1988, The Laryngoscope.

[9]  M. Nussbaum,et al.  Hypodermic Needles: An Unusual Tracheobronchial Foreign Body , 1987, The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology.

[10]  R. Esclamado,et al.  Laryngotracheal foreign bodies in children. A comparison with bronchial foreign bodies. , 1987, American journal of diseases of children.

[11]  K. Mantel,et al.  Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration in childhood. A report on 224 cases. , 1986, European journal of pediatrics.

[12]  T. Whalen.  Bronchoscopic removal of aspirated foreign bodies in children , 1985 .

[13]  G. Svensson.  Foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree. Special references to experience in 97 children. , 1985, International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology.

[14]  J. Brooks,et al.  Extraction of large tracheal foreign bodies through a tracheostoma under bronchoscopic control. , 1985, The Annals of thoracic surgery.

[15]  M. Gauderer,et al.  Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the management of tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children: the value of a combined approach with open tube bronchoscopy. , 1984, Journal of pediatric surgery.

[16]  D. Johnson,et al.  Bronchoscopic removal of aspirated foreign bodies in children. , 1984, American journal of surgery.

[17]  N. Wiseman.  The diagnosis of foreign body aspiration in childhood. , 1984, Journal of pediatric surgery.

[18]  B. Ascher,et al.  [Tracheo-bronchial foreign bodies in children]. , 1983, LARC medical.

[19]  G. Holcomb,et al.  Management of tracheobronchial and esophageal foreign bodies in childhood. , 1982, Journal of pediatric surgery.

[20]  A. Kosloske.  Bronchoscopic extraction of aspirated foreign bodies in children. , 1982, American journal of diseases of children.

[21]  D. Campbell,et al.  A dual approach to tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children. , 1982, Surgery.

[22]  D. Hight,et al.  The treatment of retained peripheral foreign bodies in the pediatric airway. , 1981, Journal of pediatric surgery.

[23]  C. Boeckman,et al.  Foreign Bodies in the Larynx and Tracheobronchial Tree in Children , 1980, The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology.

[24]  Seymour R. Cohen,et al.  Five-Year Retrospective Study with Special Reference to Management , 1980, The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology.

[25]  Ross Ah,et al.  Foreign body inhalation. , 1980 .

[26]  T. Salerno,et al.  Inhalation of foreign bodies by children: a continuing challege in management. , 1980, Canadian Medical Association journal.

[27]  Y. Naveh,et al.  FOREIGN BODY IN THE AIRWAY. A REVIEW OF 200 CASES , 1980 .

[28]  A. Ross,et al.  Foreign body inhalation. , 1980, Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

[29]  J. Lumbroso.  [Inhalation of foreign bodies in children]. , 1978, L'Infirmiere francaise.

[30]  O. S. Cunanan.  The flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope in foreign body removal. Experience in 300 cases. , 1978, Chest.

[31]  L. Holinger,et al.  Use of the open tube bronchoscope in the extraction of foreign bodies. , 1978, Chest.

[32]  N. B. Elhassani.  Aspirated tracheobronchial foreign bodies in infants. An analysis of 50 cases. , 1978, Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

[33]  G. Kerby,et al.  Foreign Body Removal with the Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscope , 1977, Endoscopy.

[34]  J. Daniilidis,et al.  Foreign body in the airways: a review of 90 cases. , 1977, Archives of otolaryngology.

[35]  A. Ebeid,et al.  Aspirated foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree: report of 250 cases. , 1976, Thorax.

[36]  A. Kosloske,et al.  Management of tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children: a reevaluation of postural drainage and bronchoscopy. , 1976, Pediatrics.

[37]  H. AL-Ani,et al.  Non-vegetable foreign bodies in the bronchopulmonary tract in children , 1975, The Journal of Laryngology & Otology.

[38]  In Guk Kim,et al.  Foreign body in the airway: A review of 202 cases , 1973, The Laryngoscope.

[39]  J. Brooks.  Foreign Bodies in the Air and Food Passages , 1972, Annals of surgery.

[40]  V. Potseluev,et al.  FOREIGN BODIES IN THE BRONCHI , 1931, Problemy tuberkuleza.

[41]  C. Pyman.  INHALED FOREIGN BODIES IN CHILDHOOD: A REVIEW OF 230 CASES , 1971, Journal of the Oto-laryngological Society of Australia.

[42]  G. Harboyan,et al.  Tracheobronchial foreign bodies—a review of 14 years' experience , 1970, The Journal of Laryngology & Otology.

[43]  G. Baldari,et al.  [Foreign bodies in the tracheo-bronchial tree in childhood. (Case reports)]. , 1969, Acta anaesthesiologica.

[44]  J. Hirschberg,et al.  Treatment of airways with foreign bodies in infants. , 1968, Archives of otolaryngology.

[45]  M. Levy,et al.  Bronchotomy for removal of aspirated foreign bodies. , 1968, Diseases of the chest.

[46]  C. M. Davis.  Inhaled Foreign Bodies in Children , 1966, Archives of disease in childhood.

[47]  V. Powell.  Inhaled Foreign Bodies: Some Complications and Errors , 1965, Thorax.

[48]  D. Mitev,et al.  [FOREIGN BODIES IN THE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT]. , 1963, Khirurgiia.

[49]  F. Ellis,et al.  Problems associated with aspiration of grass heads (inflorescences). , 1959, Journal of the American Medical Association.

[50]  J. S. Linton.  Long-standing Intrabronchial Foreign Bodies , 1957, Thorax.

[51]  D. H. Ballon.  Review of foreign body endoscopy over a period of thirty years. , 1956, Canadian Medical Association journal.

[52]  P. Holinger.  Foreign bodies in the air and food passages. , 1954, Transactions - American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.

[53]  D. Adler,et al.  Foreign bodies in the trachea and bronchi; a review of 100 cases in children. , 1953, South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde.

[54]  C. Jackson.  Grasses as foreign bodies in the bronchus and lung , 1952 .

[55]  C. Jackson.  STAPLES AND DOUBLE-POINTED TACKS AS FOREIGN BODIES: MECHANICAL PROBLEMS OF BRONCHOSCOPIC EXTRACTION , 1935 .

[56]  C. Jackson.  PINS AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE LUNG: OBSERVATIONS BASED ON FORTY-TWO CASES , 1932 .

[57]  C. Jackson.  Are there cases of foreign body in the lung impossible of bronchoscopic removal? , 1921 .