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Interventional radiological removal of a foreign body from a peripheral bronchus
Author(s) -
Arawwawala D.,
Lane C.,
Jackson J.,
Patel P.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04900.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiological weapon , foreign body , bronchoscopy , radiology , foreign body removal , flexible bronchoscopy , bronchus , foreign bodies , balloon , percutaneous , surgery , lung , respiratory disease
Summary We describe the extraction of an impacted tooth from a bronchiole of a ventilated, critically ill patient. Following failed attempts using flexible and rigid bronchoscopy a radiological approach was explored. The successful method described below used guiding catheters, an extraction basket and an occlusion balloon, deployed under fluoroscopic guidance.