[Complicated airway foreign body in a child: a case report]

Summary A 9 year-old boy suffering from cough for half a month, fever for 4 days was hospitalized. CT three-dimensional reconstruction showed that a metallic needle-like foreign body within the right main bronchial with pneumonia and atelectasis. In the next day, the boy took examination using an open-tube rigid bronchoscope under general anesthesia. For the first time, the foreign body was jammed in glottis with SpO₂ and HR declining. For the second time, the operator found the foreign was not a needle but a thumbtack. Finally, the thumbtack was removed from the airway after short-term paralysis using succinylcholine.