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A new method for removal of metallic-ferromagnetic foreign bodies from the tracheobronchial tree
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 34, A-8036 Graz, Austria.
Pediatric Surgery International
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
Foreign-body (FB) aspirations account for a reasonable percentage of respiratory emergencies in young children. Whereas 67% of aspirated FBs are of organic origin, metallic-ferromagnetic FBs are observed less frequently. We report the use of a wire with a magnetic tip fitting into the working channel of a rigid bronchoscope for removal of ferromagnetic FBs from the tracheobronchial tree.