Management of foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree in adults: a 10-year experience.
OBJECTIVE
To report our experience of foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree in adults.


METHODS
Retrospective study.


METHODS
Teaching hospital, Athens.


METHODS
25 patients referred to the department of thoracic surgery for treatment.


METHODS
Bronchoscopic extraction in 16, thoracotomy with bronchotomy in 5, and resection in 4.


RESULTS
No major complications and no deaths.


CONCLUSIONS
Bronchoscopic extraction is usually possible, but thoracotomy and bronchotomy or resection may be necessary.
Athanassiadi
K
K
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Evangelismos General Hospital, Holargos, Athens, Greece.
Kalavrouziotis
G
G
Lepenos
V
V
Hatzimichalis
A
A
Loutsidis
A
A
Bellenis
I
I
D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014132:Trachea