[Treatment of specific foreign bodies in tracheobronchial].
OBJECTIVE
To improve effectiveness of diagnosis and therapy in patients with tracheobronchial specific foreign body.


METHODS
Fourty-six cases with specific foreign bodies in the trachea and bronchi, admitted from March 1998 to June 2006, were analyzed retrospectively.


RESULTS
Forty-one of 46 the specific foreign bodies were successfully removed through bronchoscopy. Three cases were removed by chest surgery. Two cases were died.


CONCLUSIONS
Suitable surgical instrument should be well selected and the best operation should be applied according to different conditions of the foreign bodies. Rigid bronchoscopy for removal of specific foreign bodies under general anesthesia is a main measure presently.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, People's Hospital of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450003, China. Wanbaoluo@yahoo.com.cn
Baoluo
B
Wan
Song
S
Ma
Guangke
G
Wang
Youli
Y
Zhu
Wusheng
W
Liu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014132:Trachea; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult