title: Bronchoscopic removal of foreign bodies in children: retrospective analysis of 822 cases.
abstract: At the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of Hacettepe University, a total number of 822 pediatric bronchoscopies were performed from 1984 through 1990 for suspected foreign body aspiration. Of the children 65.3% were boys and 34.7% were girls ranging in age from one month to 14 years. Definitive statement of foreign-body aspiration was obtained from 394 patients. Unilateral hyperaeration, atelectasis, and unilateral parenchymal infiltration were the most common radiological findings. In all endoscopic procedures, a pediatric rigid bronchoscope was used under general anesthesia and controlled ventilation. Foreign bodies were found in 77.7% of the 822 patients. In the rest of the children inflammatory disorders were confirmed. The foreign bodies most commonly found in 639 patients were sun-flower seeds (21.1%), beans (10.4%), water-melon seeds (10%), and hazelnuts (9.8%). In our presented series, the incidence of non-fatal complication was 1.8%, apart from these patients 5 of them (0.6%) died after the bronchoscopic procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Paşaoğlu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demircin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hatipoğlu
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Bozer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014132:Trachea