title: Removal of foreign bodies from subsegmental bronchi with the fiberbronchoscope.
abstract: Though the fiberbronchoscope has been designed for diagnostic purposes, it can be used, as well, for the removal of small foreign bodies from segmental and subsegmental bronchi; In this paper we report two cases in which we successfully removed from subsegmental bronchi a pulp-canal reamer and a melon seed. This fact proves that in some of these cases we can avoid thoracotomies.
mesh_terms: D001995:Bronchography; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011672:Pulpotomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D012639:Seeds