title: Fractured tracheostomy tube: an overlooked foreign body.
abstract: A rare case of an overlooked fractured metallic Fuller's tracheostomy tube in the posterior basal segment of the left lung is reported along with a review of the literature. Incidence, delay in diagnosis, complications and management of overlooked foreign bodies are discussed. Various factors contributing to the fracture of tracheostomy tubes are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, M.L.N. Medical College, Allahabad (U.P.), India.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*