Foreign Body Removal
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Foreign Body Inhalation in the Adult Population: Experience of 25,998 Bronchoscopies and Systematic Review of the Literature Open
Foreign body aspiration is a rare indication for flexible bronchoscopy in adults. Flexible bronchoscopy has a high success rate in removal of inhaled foreign body and can be considered the preferred initial procedure for management of airw…
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Flexible Bronchoscopy with Multiple Modalities for Foreign Body Removal in Adults Open
Flexible bronchoscopy with multiple modalities is effective for diagnosing and removing foreign bodies in the lower respiratory airways in adults, with a high success rate (90%) and no difference between acute and chronic aspirations.
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Soft tissue foreign bodies: A training manual for sonographic diagnosis and guided removal Open
Sonography provides excellent detection, localization, and characterization of soft‐tissue foreign bodies. Ultrasound guided foreign body removal is a safe and highly successful minimally invasive procedure that facilitates effective treat…
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Foreign Bodies in Trachea: A 25-years of Experience Open
Tracheobronchial aspirations of foreign bodies are life-threatening events. If not diagnosed and treated rapidly, distressful results can be seen. Warning people by skilled persons on this topic will reduce the incidence of foreign body as…
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Foreign-body aspiration into the lower airways in adults; multicenter study Open
Background Foreign-body aspiration is common in children aged 6 months to 3 years. However, with the aging population and increasing prevalence of disabilities such as hemiparesis and neuromuscular diseases in adults, an increased incidenc…
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Will children ever learn? Removal of nasal and aural foreign bodies: a study of hospital episode statistics Open
Introduction Foreign body removal is a common reason for children to attend the emergency department. Generally, aural and nasal foreign bodies are not associated with immediate morbidity unless they are button batteries. There can be cons…
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Acute appendicitis caused by foreign body ingestion Open
Foreign bodies usually do not cause complications and pass through the gastrointestinal tract spontaneously. Usually endoscopic intervention is recommended within 24 hours. Cases of acute appendicitis caused by foreign bodies are very rare…
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CT Guided Removal of Iatrogenic Foreign Body: A Broken Intravenous Cannula Open
Foreign bodies are encountered on day to day basis by a surgeon. Usually foreign bodies are lodged in narrow cavities of the body and the common age group is in children. They may range from foreign bodies in ear, nose, cricopharynx and ev…
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Removal of foreign bodies embedded in the urinary bladder wall by a combination of laparoscopy and carbon dioxide cystoscopic assistance: Case report and literature review Open
The combination of laparoscopy and air cystoscopy has been shown to be an optimal method for retracting foreign bodies embedded in the bladder wall. Also, air cystoscopy can be used to give doctors a better view in cases in which vision is…
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Foreign Body Removal in Children Using Foley Catheter or Magnet Tube from Gastrointestinal Tract Open
Foreign body (FB) ingestion of children is a common pediatric emergency requiring medical attention. Pediatric emergency physicians and gastroenterologists often encounter nervous and distressed situations, because of children presenting w…
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Removal of Rectal Foreign Bodies Using Tenaculum Forceps Under Endoscopic Assistance Open
The incidence of rectal foreign bodies is increasing by the day, though not as common as that of upper gastrointestinal foreign bodies. Various methods for removal of foreign bodies have been reported. Removal during endoscopy using endosc…
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A single-center experience of pediatric foreign-body aspiration: A retrospective 4-year case series Open
The main treatment for FBA is prevention. However, in patients applied with bronchoscopy for FBA, controlled ventilation and appropriate general anesthesia should be generally used. Early bronchoscopic intervention with safe anesthesia and…
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My patient is injured: identifying foreign bodies with ultrasound Open
Patients commonly present to the emergency department with a suspected retained foreign body, following penetrating injury. While plain radiography is often the first line in identifying radio-opaque foreign bodies, radiolucent foreign bod…
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Rigid Bronchoscopy in Foreign Body Aspiration Diagnosis and Treatment in Children Open
Foreign body aspiration in children is a common condition and can bring about serious undesired results. Fast and accurate diagnosis and foreign body extraction from airways are essential. We performed a retrospective study on rigid bronch…
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Use of Flexible Bronchoscopy in Foreign Body Aspiration Open
Foreign bodies can be removed with minimal complication using flexible bronchoscopy, basket, and forceps in children.
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Appendiceal foreign body in an infant Open
An appendiceal foreign body is very rare in infant and there are currently no treatment guidelines. We report 2 cases of appendiceal foreign body including infant who gave us difficult decisions.
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Rectal foreign body removal: increasing incidence and cost to the NHS Open
Introduction Insertion of foreign objects into the rectum is a well-described phenomenon and not an uncommon referral to the general surgeon on call. Although usually not life-threatening, there can be consequences following migration of t…
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Spondylodiscitis associated with button battery ingestion: prompt evaluation with MRI Open
Spondylodiscitis is a rare complication of unwitnessed button battery ingestion in children. We report a case of a 20-month-old girl who presented to the emergency room 2 weeks after endoscopic removal of unwitnessed, impacted esophageal b…
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Use of flexible bronchoscopy in an adult for removal of an aspirated foreign body at a community hospital Open
Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is more common in children than adults with about 80% occurring in children aged less than 15 years. FBA in adults is often overlooked as a potential cause of airway obstruction especially if there is no asphy…
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Pointing towards colonoscopy: sharp foreign body removal via colonoscopy Open
Removal of sharp foreign bodies via upper endoscopy is common; however, management in the setting of distal migration is not well-documented. We report two cases of objects beyond the ligament of Treitz, including successful extraction of …
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25-Gauge Vitrectomy in Open Eye Injury with Retained Foreign Body Open
Purpose . Ocular trauma with retained foreign body is an important cause of visual impairment in working-age population. Clinical status impacts on the timing and planning of surgery. In the last year small gauge vitrectomy has become safe…
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An Unusual Maxillary Sinus Foreign Body: A Case Report Open
BACKGROUND Paranasal sinus foreign bodies are rarely encountered in otolaryngology practice. CASE REPORT We present the case of a 32-year-old man who presented to our Emergency Department with his left eye bleeding after a nail gun injury.…
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Removal of a large foreign body in the rectosigmoid colon by colonoscopy using gastrolith forceps Open
Rectal foreign bodies are man-made injury that occurs occasionally. The management depends on its depth and the consequence it caused. We here report a case of rectal foreign body (a glass bottle measuring about 38 mm × 75 mm) which was lo…
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Confirmed and Suspected Foreign Body Injuries in Children during 2008–2013: A Hospital-Based Single Center Study in Oulu University Hospital Open
Introduction: Foreign body injuries are common in children. Most of them are not serious but they can be fatal. A suspected foreign body injury in a child results in a high rate of hospitalizations, exposure to radiation, and need for inte…
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Management challenges in the passing-through technique using a fogarty catheter to remove an endobronchial foreign body from an infant. Open
We successfully removed an aspirated bead from an infant using the passing-through technique with a Fogarty catheter. Maintaining spontaneous ventilation for as long as possible and good coordination between the anesthesiologist and surgeo…
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Spontaneous expulsion of an intrabronchial sharp metallic foreign body and migration to the gastrointestinal tract at Muhimbili National Hospital: Case report and literature review Open
It's always worth to rule out the possibility of foreign body inhalation in children with sudden onset of difficulty in breathing to avoid diagnostic delays.
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Pediatric Foreign Body Ingestion: Complications and Patient and Foreign Body Factors Open
Background: Management of the child who has swallowed a foreign body should be guided by the risk of complication. Objective of the Review: This review discusses the patient and foreign body characteristics most likely to be associated wit…
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Perfluorocarbon liquid-assisted intraocular foreign body removal Open
We describe the benefits of perfluoro-N-octane (PFO), a perfluorocarbon liquid, in the removal of nonmagnetic intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) from the macula and posterior segment. Two consecutive cases of posterior segment IOFB were re…
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A retrospective analysis on anesthetic management during rigid bronchoscopy in children with foreign body aspiration: Propofol and sevoflurane with controlled ventilation Open
In our study, patients on controlled ventilation had few intraoperative complication and smooth early recovery. Controlled ventilation with relaxation should be preferred for any pediatric bronchoscopies. Eliciting history of type of forei…
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Rectal Foreign Body of Eggplant Treated Successfully by Endoscopic Transanal Removal Open
Transanal rectal foreign body implies that a foreign body has been inserted transanally due to sexual orientation or other reasons and cannot be removed. Such cases require emergency measures because foreign bodies often present difficulti…