title: Flexible bronchoscopy for foreign body in airway.
abstract: The flexible bronchoscopy has not yet been popular in the foreign body in the airway, especially in children. We performed the flexible bronchoscopy for 27 patients with foreign bodies in the airway including 22 patients who had not been removed foreign bodies by the rigid bronchoscopy. Nineteen of 27 patients were children. The success rate of flexible bronchoscopy was 81% (22/27 cases) in all patients, 77% (17/22 cases) in patients failed by the figid bronchoscopy, and 82% (9/11 cases) in young children of 2 years old or less. For the removal of foreign bodies under the flexible bronchoscope, a biopsy forceps and a Fogarty balloon catheter were effective. The flexible bronchoscope is useful for foreign bodies in the airway, even in young children.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Monden
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taniki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000758:Anesthesia; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged