title: Fiberoptic bronchoscopic removal of intratracheal pledgetted repair sutures.
abstract: This article describes the use of a flexible bronchoscope to remove pledgetted repair sutures within the trachea. The use of a flexible scope to remove densely adherent material is difficult but occasionally necessary.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D013537:Sutures; D014132:Trachea