title: Laryngeal foreign body: an unusual complication of percutaneous tracheostomy.
abstract: Impaction of a foreign body in the larynx is a serious event. While inhaled foreign bodies may occasionally impact in the larynx especially in children, a laryngeal foreign body as a complication of percutaneous tracheostomy has not been reported in the literature. We describe the case of a fragment of a Seldinger wire retained in the larynx for two years following a percutaneous tracheostomy and review the literature on the complications of this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke on Trent, UK.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Courteney-Harris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation