Interventional radiological removal of a foreign body from a peripheral bronchus.
We describe the extraction of an impacted tooth from a bronchiole of a ventilated, critically ill patient. Following failed attempts using flexible and rigid bronchoscopy a radiological approach was explored. The successful method described below used guiding catheters, an extraction basket and an occlusion balloon, deployed under fluoroscopic guidance.
Arawwawala
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Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK. darawwawala@googlemail.com
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Jackson
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Patel
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D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000150:complications