Tracheal Occlusion following Oesophageal Foreign Body Removal

An interesting oesophageal foreign body: oesophageal trachea.

Late onset Pneumothorax following bronchoscopic foreign body removal

Perioperative care in MS patients poses challenges because of variable neurological involvement, concurrent long-term immunosuppression treatment, and risk of disease exacerbation. The effects of different anesthetics and anesthesia regimen in terms of rapid awakening with intact cognitive domain and protective immunomodulation have been studied.[3,4] We used propofol as induction agent that ha...

A foreign body mimicking tracheal stenosis

Address for correspondence: Onur Akcay, Thoracic Surgery Department, Kızıltepe State Hospital, 47400 Mardin, Turkey, phone: +90 5362160525, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 21.12.2015, accepted: 13.01.2017. Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a lifethreatening emergency that requires prompt removal, but sometimes it may remain undetected because of atypical history or mislea...

Ultrasound - guided foreign body removal

A gentleman suffering from right leg penetrating injury presented to a local accident and emergency department. The physical examination did not suggest an embedded foreign body, and he was discharged after local wound dressing. Because of persisting symptoms, he attended another hospital later where an unguided surgical exploration was performed but no foreign body was identified. He was then ...

Use of the flexible oesophagoscope for the removal of an intramural oesophageal foreign body.

Use of the flexible oesophagoscope for the removal of an intramural oesophageal foreign body Dear Sir, The case report by Mr V. H. Harihar, January 1991, Vol. 105, pp. 46-47 attracted our attention and prompted us to report our observation using the flexible oesophagoscope for removing intramural oesophageal foreign bodies in the pharynx and upper oesophagus. It allows confirmation of the radio...