Respiratory-aspirated 50*15mm river shimp successfully cliped by virtual bronchoscope with foreign body forceps and avoiding the need for a thoracotomy
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 10
Abstract
Respiratory Foreign body Aspiration (FBA) is a suddently life-threatening emergency. But, it is a seldom elaborated in textbooks. The most common site for that is the right low bronchus or its bronchus intermedius as it is more wider, shorter and vertical. Most of the patients are children, and their atypical symptoms often cover the disease. It is required rapidly identify diseases and take measures to prevent potentially fatal complications. The treatment is usually via either endoscopic or surgical extraction. FBA of a river shimp has been reported as a special case in the literature. Because of any eating in a hurry, sudden laughing or coughing at dinner that increas the risk of aspiration. As far as we know, this is the first case report of a 50*15mm river shrimp foreign body that has been successfully cliped by the virtual bronchoscope with foreign body forceps and avoided the need for a thoracotomy in an adult male patient.
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Ye Rui-Hai, Yang Jun-Chao, Huang Li, Ai Li-Juan, Wang Zhon-Hai and *Wang Zhen
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