[The study of removal methods on special type tracheobronchial foreign bodies].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the available operation method of special type tracheobronchial foreign bodies removal.


METHODS
Sixty one patients of special type tracheobronchial foreign bodies were extracted with some special instruments and methods depend on foreign body types. The features of operation on different kinds of foreign bodies were analyzed.


RESULTS
All patients were operated successfully by using foreign body hook (31 cases), pencil or writing screw brush extracted (11 cases), foreign body cage (13 cases), slender inverse claw esophagus foreign body clamp (3 cases) and so on. No complications and died cases were found. Only 5 patients were undertaken trachea incision before operation.


CONCLUSIONS
Suitable instruments and technique chose for every individual cases is the key to successful operation.
Li
Meisheng
M
Department of Otolaryngology, First People's Hospital of Shangqiu City, Shangqiu 476100, China. sqlmsh@126.com
Kong
Qiuyan
Q
Sun
Xianjun
X
Yuan
Surong
S
Qu
Fengqin
F
Wu
Qun
Q
Dong
Peng
P
Li
Haixia
H
Yang
Yuxin
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014132:Trachea; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult