Aspirated tooth removal from airway through tracheotomy and flexible bronchoscopy.
Aspiration of a tooth in facial trauma is a known complication. A complicated case of tooth aspiration with a compromised airway in a 28-year-old woman is described. The tooth was in the left main bronchus. A special technique involving flexible bronchoscopy, Fogarty catheter, and tracheotomy was used to extract the tooth.
Tal-Or
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Division of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Souraski Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Schwarz
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Y
Bloom
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Y
Kluger
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Y
Roodik
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V
Sorkin
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P
D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014070:Tooth; D014140:Tracheotomy