Management of simultaneously ingested and aspirated foreign bodies in an infant.
This report describes the management of a 7-month-old baby who aspirated one and ingested two paper pins at a time. Bronchoscopic removal was done for aspirated pin and ingested pins were observed for spontaneous passage in stool, which occurred in 48 hours without any untoward incidence.
Akhtar
Jamshed
J
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Surgical Unit B, National Institute of Child Health, Karachi. jamjim88@yahoo.com
Soomro
Aqil
A
Mirza
Farhat
F
Jehan
Yaqoot
Y
Arain
Anwar
A
Batool
Tayyaba
T
Taqvi
S M Raees
SM
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D001239:Inhalation