[Emergency treatment of tracheal and bronchial foreign bodies]

Basing their report on personal experience of more than 300 tracheal or bronchial foreign bodies, the authors emphasize: -the difficulty of extraction, even in very expert hands. -the absolute necessity of a fully trained operator, and experienced anaesthetist and appropriate material. Apart from acute respiratory distress, they consider preferable to defer operation for a few hours, under strict supervision, in order to make available all these optimal conditions.