title: Tracheotomy for a foreign body in the larynx.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the normal population, inadvertently swallowed foreign objects enter the gastrointestinal tract more frequently than the tracheobronchial tree. There is a typical patient population that is at higher risk for aspiration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sequelae may range from relatively benign partial obstruction to the immediately life-threatening total airway obstruction. Foreign objects lodged in the upper aspect of the trachea may be retrieved with simple instrumentation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Some cases may complicate and may require direct access through a tracheotomy, as the case shown in this paper.
authors.affiliation: João XXIII Hospital, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. brunochrcanovic@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Bruno Ramos
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Chrcanovic
authors.forename: Leandro Napier de
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Souza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014140:Tracheotomy