title: The "multiport airway adapter" in flexible bronchoscopy for peripheral bronchial foreign bodies in children.
abstract: Many children require emergency foreign body removal by bronchoscopy. Although a flexible bronchoscope is frequently used for removal of a bronchial foreign body in children, this procedure is difficult in children with a narrow tracheal lumen, even using a thin flexible bronchoscope. This report describes the use of a multiport airway adaptor to remove a bronchial foreign body with a flexible bronchoscope. The thicker forceps etc. were passed alongside the flexible bronchoscope through the adaptor. These findings suggest that this multiport airway adaptor will be useful as an advanced tool for foreign body removal in pediatric patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Mie, Japan. Electronic address: cohey@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Mie, Japan. Electronic address: ucchie@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Mie, Japan. Electronic address: kohei815@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otake
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Mie, Japan. Electronic address: many.thanks.u.u@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Mie, Japan. Electronic address: koikyon@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Mie, Japan. Electronic address: mikihiro@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Mikihiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Mie, Japan. Electronic address: kusunoki@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusunoki
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
keywords: Bronchial foreign body; Children; Flexible bronchoscope; Multiport airway adaptor