[Bronchial foreign bodies in children].
BACKGROUND
Tracheobronchial aspiration of foreign bodies in children is a rare event that can be serious. We report a 10-year retrospective study of tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration in children.


METHODS
This retrospective analysis involved 87 patients who underwent endoscopy at the ENT unit of the Caen University Hospital.


RESULTS
Foreign bodies were found in 34 of the 87 patients. Average age was 3 years, with a male predominance. Peanuts were the most common foreign bodies observed (16/34). Most of the foreign bodies were removed via the right main bronchus (17/34). Clinical and radiological signs depended on delay to admission and were found to be normal in 15% and 37.5% of the cases respectively. Twenty-four children out of 34 had a positive history of foreign body inhalation. All foreign bodies were removed during the endoscopy procedure.


CONCLUSIONS
This work underlines the much-debated function of chest x-ray, the need for a rigorous technically correct endoscopy procedure and the importance of close cooperation between the anesthesiologist and the endoscopist.
Viot
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Service d'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, CHU de Caen, Avenue côte de nacre, 14033 Caen Cedex, France.
Babin
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Bequignon
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Moreau
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Vadillo
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Valdazo
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D001980:Bronchi; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies