title: Thoracoscopic foreign body removal and repair of bronchus intermedius following injury during failed bronchoscopic retrieval.
abstract: Aspiration of foreign body (FB) into the airways is common in children and continues to be a cause for morbidity and mortality. We report herein, successful thoracoscopic management of a child who aspirated a large magnetic FB into his right bronchus and developed a tear of bronchus intermedius (BI) during an attempt at bronchoscopic retrieval using rigid bronchoscope. The impacted FB was successfully removed thoracoscopically followed by thoracoscopic BI repair.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Chest Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Belal Bin
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Asaf
authors.affiliation: Centre for Chest Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Vijay
authors.affiliation: Centre for Chest Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sukhram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bishnoi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dua
authors.affiliation: Centre for Chest Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Aspirated foreign body; bronchus repair; foreign body; thoracoscopy; video assisted thoracic surger