Foreign Body Stocked between Vocal Cords
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Foreign body (FB) aspiration is a rare event in adults and can mimic other pathologies such as refractory asthma. Most of the objects can be removed using a bronchoscope. Herein, we present a unique case of aspiration of a FB stocked between vocal cords for one week and the anesthetic considerations.
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Corresponding author: Sang Ho Lim, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Medical Center, Guro Hospital, Guro 2-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul 152-703, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2626-1437, Fax: 82-2-851-9897, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecomm...
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