TY - JOUR
T1 - Endobronchial foreign body removed by rigid bronchoscopy after 39 years
AU - Kogure, Yoshihito
AU - Oki, Masahide
AU - Saka, Hideo
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - A 64-year-old man accidentally fell into a wood chip tank and nearly suffocated in 1970. He frequently suffered from pneumonia after reaching the age of 40. In 2009, he suffered from pneumonia again, and a chest computed tomography revealed a foreign body in the left main stem bronchus. Flexible bronchoscopy showed a wood chip lodged firmly in his bronchus. Removal using a flexible bronchoscope was attempted twice but failed. Rigid bronchoscopy was then performed under general anesthesia, and the chip was successfully extracted by cutting it in two using rigid scissors.
AB - A 64-year-old man accidentally fell into a wood chip tank and nearly suffocated in 1970. He frequently suffered from pneumonia after reaching the age of 40. In 2009, he suffered from pneumonia again, and a chest computed tomography revealed a foreign body in the left main stem bronchus. Flexible bronchoscopy showed a wood chip lodged firmly in his bronchus. Removal using a flexible bronchoscope was attempted twice but failed. Rigid bronchoscopy was then performed under general anesthesia, and the chip was successfully extracted by cutting it in two using rigid scissors.
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U2 - 10.1510/icvts.2010.243097
DO - 10.1510/icvts.2010.243097
M3 - Article
C2 - 20826558
AN - SCOPUS:78649591469
SN - 1569-9293
VL - 11
SP - 866
EP - 868
JO - Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
JF - Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
IS - 6
ER -