Removal of a Left Upper Lobar Bronchial Foreign Body Using Fogarty Catheter and Rigid Bronchoscope

Bronchial foreign body removal under general anesthesia with a modified port, a fogarty balloon catheter and a grasping forceps

Corresponding author: Sang Ho Lim, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Medical Center, Guro Hospital, Guro 2-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul 152-703, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2626-1437, Fax: 82-2-851-9897, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecomm...

Use of a Fogarty catheter for bronchoscopic removal of a foreign body.

Rigid bronchoscopy for foreign body removal: anaesthesia and ventilation.

Foreign body aspiration is a leading cause of death in children 1-3 years old, although mortality is low for children who reach the hospital. Presenting symptoms of an inhaled foreign body depends on time since aspiration. Immediately after inhalation the child starts to cough, wheeze, or have laboured breathing. If the early signs are missed, the child usually presents with fever and other sig...

Comparison of Anesthetic Techniques on Outcomes of Pediatric Rigid Bronchoscopy for Foreign Body Removal

Background Although both methods of spontaneous respiration and controlled ventilation during anesthesia are safe and effective for managing children with foreign body aspiration, there is no consensus from the literature as to which technique is optimal. This study aimed to determine the outcomes of anesthetic techniques in pediatric rigid bronchoscopy for foreign body removal. Materials and M...

Removal of endobronchial mucormycosis lesion through a rigid bronchoscope.

A 44 year old man with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus developed endobronchial mucormycosis, which totally obstructed the right lower lobe bronchus. The lesion was removed through a rigid bronchoscope. Two weeks later the bronchus was free of mucormycosis histologically and on culture.