Clinical study and management of patients of foreign bodies in larynx and tracheobronchial tree
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of ENT - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to diagnose and manage laryngeal and tracheobronchial foreign bodies in a tertiary care center. This study included cases presenting with history of foreign body aspiration to emergency department, ENT department and cases with non responding respiratory tract infection from paediatric ward of the same Hospital. In the present study, 70 patients who had aspirated foreign bodies in their tracheobronchial tree were clinically studied and managed. A greater proportion of patients (73%) were under the age of 4 years. More than one radiological sign was seen in most of the patients. In this study the ratio of occurrence of foreign bodies in right main bronchus and left main bronchus was 1.18:1.
Authors and Affiliations
Vasanti Vilasrao Patil, Vikas Sudhakar Kulkarni, Veena V Kulkarni
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